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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788624703321

Autore

Best Samuel J

Titolo

Exit polls : surveying the American electorate, 1972-2010 / / Samuel J. Best, Brian S. Krueger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; ; London, : CQ Press, c2012

Los Angeles : , : SAGE/CQ Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-4522-3441-8

1-4522-3440-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 308 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

324.973092

Soggetti

Exit polling (Elections) - United States

Election forecasting - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The exit poll phenomenon -- Creating and using exit poll time series -- Composition of the exit polls -- Presidential voting preferences of exit poll respondents -- Congressional voting preferences of exit poll respondents.

Sommario/riassunto

Every two years, exit polls become the most widely analyzed written about and discussed data-set in the United States. Although exit polls are known for their use in predicting elections, they are in fact the best tool for explaining election results.