POL SCI 141B
Electoral Politics: Public Opinion and Voting Behavior
Description: Lecture, three or four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisite: course 40. Designed for juniors/seniors. Study of character and formation of political attitudes and public opinion. Role of public opinion in elections, relationship of political attitudes to vote decision, and influence of public opinion on public policy formulation. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
2 of 2
Most Helpful Review
Fall 2015 - Do not take this class, it was really dumb how hard this class is. I am a poli sci major who rarely struggles in classes--and I actually studied hard. The midterm curve is insane because the test is too hard. He is very boring at lecture- so monotoned and so quiet. Not worth time, I don't know if he's a good researcher but definitely not meant to be a professor.
Fall 2015 - Do not take this class, it was really dumb how hard this class is. I am a poli sci major who rarely struggles in classes--and I actually studied hard. The midterm curve is insane because the test is too hard. He is very boring at lecture- so monotoned and so quiet. Not worth time, I don't know if he's a good researcher but definitely not meant to be a professor.
AD
Most Helpful Review
I took Public Opinion with him in winter 09 and I loved the class. Zaller is really smart and cares a lot about making his class fair (which to him means as many people as possible get A's-fine by me). The best part about this class was that he was always really clear about what to expect on the midterm, final, and quizzes, which made them easy to prepare for. Lectures are clear and interesting, even though a two hour class is really effing long. As people have said before, there were five reading quizzes and a lot of reading to do. You can't really get away with not doing the reading or even just skimming it because the quizzes are usually on details. But if you read carefully the quizzes are pretty easy. I am not particularly smart and definitely not studious but I got an A just by going to class and doing the reading. The material's really interesting and I feel like I learned a lot. Take this class.
I took Public Opinion with him in winter 09 and I loved the class. Zaller is really smart and cares a lot about making his class fair (which to him means as many people as possible get A's-fine by me). The best part about this class was that he was always really clear about what to expect on the midterm, final, and quizzes, which made them easy to prepare for. Lectures are clear and interesting, even though a two hour class is really effing long. As people have said before, there were five reading quizzes and a lot of reading to do. You can't really get away with not doing the reading or even just skimming it because the quizzes are usually on details. But if you read carefully the quizzes are pretty easy. I am not particularly smart and definitely not studious but I got an A just by going to class and doing the reading. The material's really interesting and I feel like I learned a lot. Take this class.
2 of 2
