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The Rational Public
Fifty Years of Trends in Americans' Policy Preferences
Book • 1992
This book provides a detailed analysis of American public opinion over fifty years, covering various domestic and foreign policy issues.
The authors, Benjamin I. Page and Robert Y. Shapiro, draw on extensive public opinion data to show that collective public opinion is remarkably coherent, reflecting a stable system of values shared by most Americans.
The book also examines how opinions vary by age, gender, race, and region, and how they respond to new events and information from the mass media.
While acknowledging cases of manipulation, the authors establish the soundness and value of collective political opinion.
The authors, Benjamin I. Page and Robert Y. Shapiro, draw on extensive public opinion data to show that collective public opinion is remarkably coherent, reflecting a stable system of values shared by most Americans.
The book also examines how opinions vary by age, gender, race, and region, and how they respond to new events and information from the mass media.
While acknowledging cases of manipulation, the authors establish the soundness and value of collective political opinion.
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Peter Shamshery as a book arguing that even though individuals are not very well informed, in the aggregate, they make reasonable decisions.
Peter Shamshery as a book arguing that even though individuals are not very well informed, in the aggregate, they make reasonable decisions.
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