Public Opinion

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Pre-req: Completion of the Core Curriculum Research & Professional Writing requirement, Must have at least sophomore standing to be eligible for this course. Role of public opinion in democratic theory; methods and problems of polling and survey research; nature, formation, distribution, and learning of political attitudes; issues of democratic stability; group opinions, voting behavior, and elite behavior, and their impact on the policy-making process, public policy, and the quality of American democracy.