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Article: Life Before Polls: Ohio Politicians Predict the 1828 Presidential Vote.
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- PS: Political Science & Politics
- Article date:
- September 1, 2000
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Candidates covet votes. They exert extraordinary effort and expend vast resources seeking to win as many votes as possible. Yet, the costly pursuit of votes occurs under great uncertainty concerning both the strategic correctness of their positions on issues and the efficiency of their campaigns. Of course, prudent candidates dedicate some resources to learning how voters are responding to their appeals, generally by commissioning polls of public opinion.
Candidates' early adoption of scientific survey technology (Converse 1987) and the important role polls play in modern campaigns invite the question of how candidates ever got on without them. Before polls, did ...
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Article: Henry Clay: the Lawyer.
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... ... in United States political history, Henry Clay of Kentucky. After Robert V. Remini ... full and impressive biography of Clay, Henry Clay: Statesman for the Union, one might ... lawyer, Baxter has highlighted a facet of Henry Clay's full life; the historical literature ...
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