Class Gradients in Current American Political Attitudes
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'Representative sampling was designed by statisticians in the 1920s,' William Davies writes in the present edition of the LRB, 'making it possible for social scientists to discover the attitudes of millions of people by surveying just a small — but mathematically representative — fraction of them. A new industry of opinion polling, audience research and market research grew over the course of the 1930s, led by companies such as Gallup. The question of whether "the people" favored or disfavored a particular policy or institution became a matter of intense political and public interest.' The scare quotes are pregnant with promise for Davies goes on to attack the routinization of plebiscite in modern life — likes and dislikes/vote up-vote downs/Brexit/Zuckerberg's discovery of hot/not at Harvard as relayed in the film
Class Gradients in Current American Political Attitudes
Class Gradients in Current American Political…
Class Gradients in Current American Political Attitudes
'Representative sampling was designed by statisticians in the 1920s,' William Davies writes in the present edition of the LRB, 'making it possible for social scientists to discover the attitudes of millions of people by surveying just a small — but mathematically representative — fraction of them. A new industry of opinion polling, audience research and market research grew over the course of the 1930s, led by companies such as Gallup. The question of whether "the people" favored or disfavored a particular policy or institution became a matter of intense political and public interest.' The scare quotes are pregnant with promise for Davies goes on to attack the routinization of plebiscite in modern life — likes and dislikes/vote up-vote downs/Brexit/Zuckerberg's discovery of hot/not at Harvard as relayed in the film