Public Opinion in State Politics
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction: Studying Public Opinion in the American States -- 2. Does Familiarity Breed Contempt? Examining the Correlates of State-Level Confidence in the Federal Government -- 3. State Residency, State Laws, and Public Opinion -- 4. Mexican-American and Cuban-American Public Opinion: Differences at the State Level? -- 5. Public Opinion in the States: Determinants of Legislative Job Performance -- 6. The State Economy, the National Economy, and Gubernatorial Popularity -- 7. Ideological Cleavage, Political Competition, and Policy Making in the American States -- 8. The Civil State:Trust, Polarization, and the Quality of State Government -- 9. Public Opinion and Policy Making in the Culture Wars: Is There a Connection Between Opinion and State Policy on Gay and Lesbian Issues? -- 10. Citizen Influences on State Policy Priorities: The Interplay of Public Opinion and Interest Groups -- 11. State-Level Opinions from National Surveys: Poststratification Using Multilevel Logistic Regression -- 12. Public Opinion in the States:A Quarter Century of Change and Stability -- 13. Conclusions:Where We Have Been,Where Should We Go -- Index
