Special Issue of Public Opinion Quarterly: Polling Politics, Media, and Election Campaigns!!!!

Did the polls “get it wrong” in the 2004 election? Do certain
polls have a “liberal” or “conservative” bias, as alleged by
partisans in the campaign? Did journalists accurately cover
polling controversies in 2004, or did they contribute to them?
These and other questions are addressed in an upcoming special
issue of Public Opinion Quarterly, which will be published in
December, 2005.

This special issue of POQ, edited by Lawrence Jacobs and Robert
Shapiro, examines the polls, the media and their evolving
relationship. Appearing on the 25th anniversary of an
influential POQ symposium on the polls and the media, this issue
assembles an extraordinary collection of national experts to
take current stock of “the polls,” media reporting on them, and
their use in the American political process at the beginning of
the 21st century.



Ballot Design and Unrecorded Votes on Paper-Based Ballots

David C. Kimball and Martha Kropf
Public Opin Q 2005 69: 508-529.
http://poq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/69/4/508?etoc


A Tale of Political Trust in American Cities

Wendy M. Rahn and Thomas J. Rudolph
Public Opin Q 2005 69: 530-560.
http://poq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/69/4/530?etoc


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Research Notes
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Do Advance Letters Improve Preelection Forecast Accuracy?

Christopher B. Mann
Public Opin Q 2005 69: 561-571.
http://poq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/69/4/561?etoc


Advance Letters as a Means of Improving Respondent Cooperation in Random
Digit Dial Studies: A Multistate Experiment

Michael W. Link and Ali Mokdad
Public Opin Q 2005 69: 572-587.
http://poq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/69/4/572?etoc


Effects of Personal Salutations in E-mail Invitations to Participate in a
Web Survey

Dirk Heerwegh
Public Opin Q 2005 69: 588-598.
http://poq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/69/4/588?etoc


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The Polls
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Same-Sex Marriage and Civil Unions

Paul R. Brewer and Clyde Wilcox
Public Opin Q 2005 69: 599-616.
http://poq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/69/4/599?etoc


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Book Reviews
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George F. Bishop. The Illusion of Public Opinion: Fact and Artifact in
American Public Opinion Polls. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield
Publishers. 2004. 248 pp. $80.00 (cloth); $27.95 (paper).

Leo W. Jeffres
Public Opin Q 2005 69: 617-620.
http://poq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/69/4/617?etoc


Marco Calavita. Apprehending Politics: News Media and Individual Political
Development. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. 2005. 285 pp.
$81.50 (cloth); $27.95 (paper).

Molly Andolina
Public Opin Q 2005 69: 620-623.
http://poq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/69/4/620?etoc


Richard E. Chard. The Mediating Effect of Public Opinion on Public Policy:
Exploring the Realm of Health Care. Albany, NY: State University of New
York Press. 2004. 180 pp. $39.00 (cloth).

Felicia Mebane
Public Opin Q 2005 69: 623-625.
http://poq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/69/4/623?etoc


W. Phillips Davison. Things Might Go Right: Prospects for Peace and a
Better Life in an Age of Globalization and Specialization. Lincoln, NE:
iUniverse, Inc. 2004. 345 pp. $23.95 (paper).

Elisabeth Noelle and Wilhelm Haumann
Public Opin Q 2005 69: 626-628.
http://poq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/69/4/626?etoc


Michael A. Genovese and Matthew J. Streb. Polls and Politics: The Dilemmas
of Democracy. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. 2004. 192
pp. $54.40 (cloth); $19.95 (paper). * Michael W. Traugott and Paul J.
Lavrakas. The Voter's Guide to Election Polls. 3d ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman
and Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 2004. 194 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $19.95
(paper).

Thomas J. Johnson
Public Opin Q 2005 69: 629-631.
http://poq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/69/4/629?etoc


James A. Stimson. Tides of Consent: How Public Opinion Shapes American
Politics. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2004. 206 pp. $55.00
(cloth); $16.99 (paper).

Mark D. Brewer
Public Opin Q 2005 69: 632-634.
http://poq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/69/4/632?etoc