Everett Carl1 Ladd,
in Public Opinion (Dec.-Jan. 1983), Ameri-
Choosing can Enterprise Institute, 1150 17th St.
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.
Parsing the results of elections and public opinion surveys to divine whether the voters are moving Left or Right is a hallowed pastime among Washington pundits and elected officials. It is also futile, adds Ladd, a University of Connecticut political scientist.
Massive contradictions in poll results, he argues, show that Ameri- cans are abandoning...