Representativeness of Policy Preferences in Survey Data for American Politics Research: Evidence from Cast Vote Records

• In Event: Public Opinion, Polling, and Polarization

Brief Overview

There has been little research on the representativeness of surveys in terms of policy preferences. We study the representativeness of surveys in two policy domains: marijuana and abortion, using Cast Vote Records and three distinct samples.

Authors

• Lonna Atkeson, Florida State University

• Yimeng Li, Florida State University