1st Edition

Public opinion polls and British politics

By Richard Hodder-Williams Copyright 1970
126 Pages
by Routledge

126 Pages
by Routledge

126 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1970 Public opinion polls and British politics provides an introductory guide to political polling in Britain. The book describes the polling organizations themselves, their sampling methods, and some of the general problems encountered in survey work. A distinction is drawn between polls concerned with voting intentions (predictive polls) and polls concerned with the... Read more

List of Tables Introduction 1. Preliminaries 2. Pollsters and polling 3. Polls and elections 4. Polls and the public’s opinions 5. Polls and British representative democracy 6. Polls and the politicians 7. The survey concluded Appendix: Selected Questions from a Gallup Poll Questionnaire Further Reading Bibliography

Biography

Richard Hodder-Williams