https://padlet.com/514269/k9rhy0wt0bex Chloé Harmon & Dalton Jenkins en-us 2018-03-20 15:58:33 UTC 2025-10-16 17:47:29 UTC hello@padlet.com 514269 https://padlet.com/514269/k9rhy0wt0bex/wish/244112260 #1     The general shape of public opinion on an issue can be found through a variety of means.
#2     These and other means of expression are the devices through which the general direction of public opinion becomes known.
#3     In a democracy, the voice of the people is supposed to express itself through the ballot box.
#4 As a result, a party and its victorious candidates regularly claim to have received a mandate to carry out their campaign promises.
#5     In reality, however, election results are seldom an accurate measure of public opinion.
#6     Interest groups are private organizations whose members share certain views and work to shape the making and the content of public policy.
#7     Interest groups are a chief means by which public opinion is known.
#8     The media is frequently described as "mirrors" as well as "molders" of opinion.]]> 2018-03-20 16:07:13 UTC https://padlet.com/514269/k9rhy0wt0bex/wish/244112260 518285 https://padlet.com/514269/k9rhy0wt0bex/wish/244113473 #1     Public opinion polls have existed in the United States for more than a century.
#2     The straw-vote technique is highly unreliable.
#3     There are now more than 1,000 national and regional polling organizations in the United States.]]> 2018-03-20 16:09:03 UTC https://padlet.com/514269/k9rhy0wt0bex/wish/244113473 518285 https://padlet.com/514269/k9rhy0wt0bex/wish/244113940 5 Basic steps:
(1) define the universe to be survayed (2) construct a sample  (3) prepared valid questions (4) select and control how the poll will be taken (5) analyze and report their findings to the public. 

Universe: whole population that the poll aims to mesure

Constructing a sample: 
- holds 25 members
- sample: a reprentative slice of the total universe 
- random sample: aka porbabity sample. 
- quota sample: a sample constructed to reflect several of the major characteristics of a given universe ]]> 2018-03-20 16:09:47 UTC https://padlet.com/514269/k9rhy0wt0bex/wish/244113940 518285 https://padlet.com/514269/k9rhy0wt0bex/wish/244114110 - most national and regional polls are fairly reliable
- potential inability to measure the intensity, stability and relevance of the opinions they report
- polls and pollsters are sometimes said to shape the opinions they are supposed to measure]]> 2018-03-20 16:10:04 UTC https://padlet.com/514269/k9rhy0wt0bex/wish/244114110 518285 https://padlet.com/514269/k9rhy0wt0bex/wish/244114412  -public opinion
- protecting minority interests against the excesses of majority views and actions
- polls are not elections]]> 2018-03-20 16:10:31 UTC https://padlet.com/514269/k9rhy0wt0bex/wish/244114412