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Polling to Govern
Public Opinion and Presidential Leadership
Diane J. Heith

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Untitled Document Table of Contents for Polling to Govern

Figures
Tables
Preface

1 Public Opinion and Theories of Presidential Leadership
2 Bringing the Permanent Campaign to the White House: Staffing the Poll Apparatus
3 Connecting Poll Data to Presidential Needs
4 The Adversarial Presidency: Using the Polls to Define “Us and Them”
5 The Policy Cycle Meets the Permanent Campaign
6 Winning the Permanent Campaign?
7 Crises and Polls: A Match Made in Heaven
8 Conclusions: The Public and a Public Opinion Presidency

Notes
Bibliography
Index