Entry:

Farkas, Steve; Shapiro, Robert Y.; and Page, Benjamin I., "The Dynamics of Public Opinion and Policy," Paper presented to the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, May, 1990.

Abstract:

Public opinion on the environment, space exploration, education, and drugs drove subsequent public policy, but in the fields of foreign and national security, policies led public opinion, particularly in Vietnam troop withdrawals. Though public opinion has influenced America's trade status with foreign nations like Israel, Russia, and China, more often policy has influenced public opinion.

1973-1989

Other Data Sets:

Gallup 1965-1971; Harris 1969-1971