Fall 2012

Professor: Dr. Jay DeSart

• Course Syllabus
  
  
• Exit Poll Instruction Manual Paper Assignment
  
  
• Group Project Evaluation Forms
  The Evaluation Forms are available in Blackboard under the Course Content link. Print out the form for your committee, fill it out, and bring it to class on the day of the final.
  
  
  
• Overheads
  • What is public opinion?
  • Citizen roles in democratic society
  • Determinants of Poll Accuracy
  • Information Processing Models
  • Zaller's RAS Model
  • Cognitive Dissonance
  • 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