US Public Opinion since The 1930s

Richard Seltzer

doi:10.5771/9781793653512

Summary

This is both a history book and a book on public opinion. George Gallup, who pioneered survey sampling methods and whose name in fact became synonymous with public opinion polls, conducted his first survey in 1936. The main part of this book starts there as well. Dedicating a chapter to each decade from the 1930s to the present, Seltzer discusses historical events of the period and what the U.S. public thought of those events according to Gallup polls and other public opinion surveys. Each chapter is divided into the following categories: world events; U.S. politics; race; sex and gender; the economy; science, technology and the environment; and popular trends. Within each chapter, approximately 40 survey questions were chosen for more extended analysis: breaking down the results by race, age, gender, education, region, and political party.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-5350-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-5351-2
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 258
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
1. George Gallup and the Inception of Survey Research No access
2. Features and Limitations of Gallup’s Surveys No access
3. Crosstabular Analysis No access
4. Historical Analysis of Roper Questions No access
5. Sources of Survey Data No access
6. Problems with the Data No access
7. Organization of the Book No access
8. Other Readings No access
9. Theoretical Questions No access
10. Notes No access
1. World Events No access
2. US Politics No access
3. Race No access
4. Sex and Gender No access
5. The Economy No access
6. Science, Technology, and the Environment No access
7. Popular Trends of the Decade No access
8. Concluding Comments No access
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1. World Events No access
2. US Politics No access
3. Race No access
4. Sex and Gender No access
5. The Economy No access
6. Science, Technology, and the Environment No access
7. Popular Trends No access
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1. The Great Society and THE MOON LANDING No access
2. World Events No access
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1. Covid-19 No access
2. Racial Protests No access
3. 2020 Election, Conspiracy Theories, and Insurrection No access
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2. US Politics No access
3. Race No access
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5. The Economy No access
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8. Problems in Analysis No access
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1. Electronic References No access
Index No access Pages 245 - 256
About the Author No access Pages 257 - 258