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POL314H1: Public Opinion and Voting (Summer 2025, Co-taught)
Course description and learning objectives:
This course introduces students to the study of mass political behavior. We will examine how people form opinions, make decisions, and act in the political sphere. The course is structured into two main sections. In the first half, we will explore the nature of public opinion: what it is, why it matters, how it is measured, and whether it can change. This section also addresses the capacity of citizens to understand and participate in politics. The second half considers the role of mass media, political elites, and campaigns on public opinion and voting behavior.
Over the course of the term students will be able to:
● Explain key features of public opinion formation and change
● Identify foundational influences on public opinion and voting such as social groups and identities, ideology, and partisanship, and debate their relative importance.
● Consider the strengths and limitations of polling and survey methodology as a way to measure public opinion.
● Understand how institutions and social, psychological, and economic factors interact to influence mass political behaviors.
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