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<p><p>on January 8, 2008, The Date Of The New Hampshire Primary, Media Pollsters Made Their Biggest Prediction Gaffe Since Dubbing Thomas Dewey A Shoo-in To Beat Incumbent President Harry S. Truman. Eleven Different Polls Forecast A Solid Win By Barack Obama; Instead, Hillary Clinton Took New Hampshire And Recharged Her Candidacy. The Months That Followed Only Brought More Dismal Performances And Contradictory Results&#151;undeniable Evidence That Something Is Terribly Wrong With The Polling Industry Today.<p>it&#8217;s Easy To Spot The Election Polls That Get It Wrong. Equally Misleading And Often Far More Disastrous Are Polls Misrepresenting Public Opinion On Government Policy. For Instance, In The Period Leading Up To The U.s. Invasion Of Iraq, Every Major Media Poll Showed Substantial Public Support For A Preemptive Strike. In Truth, There Was No Majority Of Americans Calling For War.<p>for The First Time, David W. Moore&#151;praised As A &#147;scholarly Crusader&#8221; By The New York Times&#151;reveals That Pollsters Don&#8217;t Report Public Opinion, They Manufacture It. And They Do So At The Peril Of Our Democratic Process. While Critics Cry Foul Over Partisan Favoritism In

Author

Moore, David W. (David William), 1940-

Publisher

Boston: Beacon Press

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780807096963

Subjects

Political Science, Science, Sociology