Chapter 13: Good Polling to Keep Democracy Alive and Elections Honest

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Chapter 13: Good Polling to Keep Democracy Alive and Elections Honest By Alan F. Kay, PhD © 2004, (fair use with attribution and copy to author) Sept. 29, 2004                     In Chapter 10, we saw the utility of often including authority figures in testing support for policy.  Since adequate questions …

Chapter 12: Historical Persistence of Public Opinion

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Chapter 12: Historical Persistence of Public Opinion By Alan F. Kay, PhD © 2004, (fair use with attribution and copy to author) Sept. 10, 2004                     Public support for a government policy is persistent, meaning that it changes very slowly over the years — unless a major event relevant to …