Tag: Edelman
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chasing after vs. articulating ‘public opinion’
In The Symbolic Uses of Politics, Murray Edelman had this to say about public opinion polling: A related kind of ambiguity pervades political process as well: uncertainty about how much public support or opposition for programs exists or can be created. Because opinion is constructed and volatile, all indicators of it are problematic. Poll reports are […]
Jonathan Matthew Smucker 