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Election research and the climate of opinion

The main thesis of this paper is that we have taken a new step toward understanding democratic elections since the early seventies. We are now in a position to understand the influence of processes of public opinion on voting behavior. The new...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Opinion Polls

Author: Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann

Company: Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach GmbH

June 15, 1986

Analyzing trends in West European opinion

The Euro-Barometer surveys have played an important role in facilitating the analysis of political and social change. By providing a relatively long time series of cross-nationally consistent measures of mass orientations toward key subjects, this...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Opinion Polls

Author: Ronald Inglehart

June 15, 1986

An alternative to voting intention questions in political polls

This paper shows the construction of a questionnaire designed to overcome the limitations of simple reliance on declared voting intention for predictive purposes in elections characterised by close competition, presence of controversial candidates,...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Opinion Polls

Authors: Neyza Furgler, Orjan Olsen

Company: IBOPE Inteligencia

June 15, 1986

The fluctuating fortunes of the U.K. Social Democratic Party

This paper describes the methodology, and outlines some of the findings, of an ongoing programme of political research. The focus is the recently formed UK Social Democratic Party. The SDP, in collaboration with its Alliance partner, the Liberal...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1983: Demonstrating The Contribution Of Research

Authors: Tony Lunn, Peter Cooper, Oliver Murphy

Company: QRi Consulting Ltd.

June 15, 1983

Report of working group

The working group concentrated its discussion on two main subjects. These were: 1. The rise of the pressure group and the political and research implications of this. 2. The problems of persuading governments to take action on the findings of social...

Catalogue: Seminar 1980: Social Change Analysis As A Tool For Strategic Planning And Decision Making

Author: Max Hanna

June 18, 1980

Journalistic developments in the use of opinion polls: Open discussion

Open discussion about the "Journalistic developments in the use of opinion polls".

Catalogue: ESOMAR/WAPOR Seminar 1980: Opinion Polls

Authors: Robert M. Worcester, Adam Raphael, Hans L. Zetterberg, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, Thomas Marcotty, Peter Kellner, Norman L. Webb, John Roberts

June 15, 1980

Polls, media and the law in the Federal Republic of Germany

The German Law on the European Election does not contain any provisions concerning the publication of results from surveys conducted among voters during the European Parliament election in June 1979. The national laws in Europe vary considerably....

Catalogue: ESOMAR/WAPOR Seminar 1980: Opinion Polls

Author: Walter Rudolf

June 15, 1980

A comparative analysis of voting and voters in Germany and the United Kingdom

The objective of this paper is to investigate what can be learnt about comparative politics from an examination of public opinion poll data across country. The two countries selected are Germany and Britain: and the data compared is mainly taken from...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/WAPOR Seminar 1980: Opinion Polls

Authors: John Clemens, Kurt Galler

Company: Marplan Forschungsgesellschaft mbH

June 15, 1980

The Austrian nuclear power referendum and its influence on the Austrian general elections in May 1979

The outcome of the Austrian national referendum against the operation of the nuclear power plant in Zwentendorf did not only turn out as a surprise for the Austrian political scene but has also been referred to, as a remarkable event on the...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/WAPOR Seminar 1980: Opinion Polls

Authors: Ernst Gehmacher, Fritz Plasser

Company: GfK

June 15, 1980