W e celebrate the principle of one person, one vote. Even though we have learned in recent
years that counting ballots is not as straightforward as we might have thought, procedural …

Since so few people appear knowledgeable about public affairs, one might question
whether collective policy preferences revealed in opinion surveys accurately convey the …

" Public opinion," in modern political science, usually appears before a conjunction. Part of"
public opinion and elections,"" public opinion and voting," or" public opinion and political …

In this essay we review recent work in public opinion in order to identify implications for the
nature and study of political representation. While individuals tend to form preferences …

A between public opinion and policy behavior, in the United States and elsewhere. 1 The
research almost exclusively presumes that policymakers represent the average person. That …

The correspondence between public preferences and public policy is a critical rationale for
representative democratic government. This view has been put forward in the theoretical …

The political views of citizens should be reflected in the government of a democratic society.
Typically, citizens' views are expressed by their elected representatives. We used the Center …

Though few voters appear to hold consistent ideological views, the roll call votes of
congressmen and senators can be well predicted by ideological terms. An explanation for …

We have long known that proportional representation schemes generate more political
parties than do plurality systems. And we have long suspected that the character of …

According to the perspective of inclusion, political scientists should measure the
representation of a group by measuring the extent to which that group is included in a …