Fall 2018

Professor: Dr. Jay DeSart

• Course Syllabus
  
  
  
  
  
• Overheads
  • What is public opinion?
  • Citizen roles in democratic society
  • Determinants of Poll Accuracy
  • Information Processing Models
  • Zaller's RAS Model
  • Cognitive Dissonance
  • Sex and Voter Turnout
  • The Gender Gap in the United States
  • Reinforcing and Cross-cutting Cleavages
  • The Potential (and Actual) Effects of Campaigns
  • Michigan Model of Voting Behavior
  • Pomper's Typology of Elections
  • Party Identification in the United States
    • Party Identification
    • Partisanship
  • The Determinants of Economic Attitudes
  • Support for Legal Abortion in the U.S.
  • Wittkopf's Model of Foreign Policy Beliefs
  • Political Participation
    • Voter Turnout in the United States
    • The Determinants of Voter Turnout in the U.S.
  
  
  
• Exam Reviews
  • First Exam
  • Second Exam
  • Final Exam