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This study leverages a survey experiment in the lead up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election to evaluate how partisan biases, poll results, and their methodological quality interact to shape people's assessments of polling accuracy and electoral expectations. In a nationally representative sample, we find that individuals disproportionately find polls more credible when their preferred candidate is leading. Partisan biases are mitigated when the polls themselves vary in objective indicators of quality: while more educated respondents are more likely to identify high-quality polls accurately, low education respondents' bias was reduced when they encountered polls with varying methodological quality. Finally, these moderators influence respondents' electoral expectations as well. We discuss the implications for journalistic coverage of polls, public opinion, and political polarization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article examines different issues related to the publishing of the "International Journal of Public Opinion Research (IJPOR)." One of the issues that would gain prominence in future is online access to journal articles and its implications for authors' rights and publishers' businesses. The editors of IJPOR have decided on a 24-months embargo on "post-prints." A post-print is defined as the author's final draft of a manuscript as accepted for publication by a journal, but before it has undergone the copy editing and proof correction process. If authors choose to make a version of their accepted article freely available, shortly after the paper is published in a journal, this would obviously hamper journal subscriptions. Several journals are using an online submission system where authors, reviewers, editors and the publisher communicate exclusively via a special web site. The editors of IJPOR have not favored the introduction of such a system, since it was felt that the readiness of referees to review manuscripts might be affected by putting too much burden on them and make it psychologically easier for them to decline by just hitting a "no" button.

Presents an introduction to the March 2005 issue of the "International Journal of Public Opinion Research."

An introduction to the journal is presented in which the editor discusses an article on the determinants of attitudes toward Muslims in five countries by Richard Wike and Brian J. Grim, the impact of the U.S. political comedy show "The Daily Show" on the attention of television viewers towards political issues by Xiaoxia Cao, and the effects of individual level factors and media frame diversity on audience frames by Huiping Huang.

The author reflects on the points of Kurt Lang in his work on the function of public opinion polls. He views on the issues which were not expressed but applicable to the discussion engendered by Lang. Also, the author examines the representativeness of the expressions of public opinion, and its representation in policy or legislation.

The article discusses various reports published within the volume 21, number four issue of the "International Journal of Public Opinion Research," including one on the impact of Internet use in China on the basis of three surveys conducted in 2003, 2005, and 2007 in a set of major metropolitan areas, another on a longitudinal analysis of the shifting levels of political knowledge in the Danish electorate, and another one on a comparative analysis of journalists' views concerning the use of polls in their work.

The article discusses various reports published within the issue including one on how competing frames set by the U.S. government and by the U.S. media influenced the perception of the issue by the public and facilitated political action, the role of perceptual phenomena in the agenda setting processes, and the interdependence of attitudes with other variables.

The article discusses various reports published within the issue including one by Jorg Matthes on the impact the need for orientation has on agenda setting and another by Erik Nisbet on political participation.

The author reflects on the developments of the "International Journal of Public Opinion Research." It views on the accomplishments of Wolfgang Donsbach during his period as managing editor of the journal which contributed a higher growth of the journal. Also, the author cites the nomination of professor Peter Neijens for the journal's editor.

The article discusses various reports published within the issue, including one by Silke Adam on how and why European issues are debated differently in different countries and another by Wayne Wanta and Yusuf Kalyango Jr. on the coverage of twenty African nations in the U.S. media.

The article discusses various reports published within the issue, including one by Peter Neijens and Philip van Praag on the dynamics of opinion formation in popular referenda in the Netherlands and another by Vincent Price and Natalie Jomini Stroud on the research of public attitudes toward polls in the U.S.

Presents an introduction to various articles published in the December 2004 issue of "International Journal of Public Opinion Research."

The author reflects on the changes in the structure and staffing of the editorial team of the "International Journal of Public Opinion Research."