Public Opinion in State Politics.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Public Opinion in State Politics -- Introduction: Studying Public Opinion in the American States -- Does Familiarity Breed Contempt? Examining the Correlates of State- Level Confidence in the Federal Government -- State Residency, State Laws, and Public Opinion -- Mexican- American and Cuban- American Public Opinion: Differences at the State Level? -- Public Opinion in the States: Determinants of Legislative Job Performance -- The State Economy, the National Economy, and Gubernatorial Popularity -- Ideological Cleavage, Political Competition, and Policy Making in the American States -- The Civil State: Trust, Polarization, and the Quality of State Government -- Public Opinion and Policy Making in the Culture Wars: Is There a Connection Between Opinion and State Policy on Gay and Lesbian Issues? -- Citizen Influences on State Policy Priorities: The Interplay of Public Opinion and Interest Groups -- State- Level Opinions from National Surveys: Poststratification Using Multilevel Logistic Regression -- Public Opinion in the States: A Quarter Century of Change and Stability -- Conclusions: Where We Have Been, Where Should We Go -- Index.

Public Opinion in State Politics gathers together the best new research by leading scholars on the factors that shape state level public opinion, as well as the impact of such opinion on state politics and public policies.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.