Public Perspective

The Nation's Mood...and how it will shape the '92 elections

July/August 1992, Vol. 3, No. 5
The Nation's Mood...and how it will shape the '92 elections

Table of Contents

Call it angst or malaise, Americans are in a grumpy mood going into the 1992 election. Also, generational looks at politics past and present, men outscore women in tests of political knowledge, and the growing clout of Hispanic voters.

"The American Angst of 1992" Taylor, Humphrey
"Who Says Americans Are Mad As Hell?" Ladd, Everett C.
"Political Ethics And Voter Unease?" Lipset, Seymour Martin (interview)
"Political Generations And Shifts In Public Opinion" Mayer, William G.
"Age, Generations, And Party ID" (data essay)
"The Twentysomething Generation" Hugick, Larry, & Christine Gelhaus
"Hispanic Americans In The Mainstream Of US Politics" De la Garza, Rodolfo, Angelo Falcon, F. Chris Garcia, & John A. Garcia
"The Gender Gap In Political Knowledge" Delli-Carpini, Michael X. & Scott Keeter
"Gender And Party ID" (data essay)
"The Rational Public" - Individual Ignorance and Collective Wisdom Page, Benjamin I. & Robert Y. Shapiro (excerpt)
"A Review Of The Rational Public" Echegaray, Fabian
"Challenges To Polling In Eastern Europe" McIntosh, Mary E. & Ronald H. Hinckley
The American Enterprise - "The Bush Barometer" (data essay)
"See How They Run: Nationally... And In The States" (data essay)
"What We Know About Perot" (data essay)
"How Deep Is Our Discontent?: Watergate, Carter Optimism, Carter Malaise, Reagan Recession, Morning In America, Gulf War And 199
"The Delegates: 1968-88" (data essay)
"Do Women Vote For Women?" (data essay)
"What Constitutes a Family?" (data essay)