Welcome to Public Opinion Pros An Online Magazine for the Polling Professional (and Everybody Else)-November 2005

	FEATURES Conflicted Conservatives: The Politics of Ideological Contradiction in the United States By Christopher Ellis
	Simply put, many conservatives are not very conservative. (more)
	The Year of the Flood: The "Strength-of-Personality Scale" and the 2002 German Federal Elections By Thomas Petersen
	When opinion leaders did not lead the vote, was it a sign of a changing society, or the failure of the tool used to identify them? (more)
	Legitimacy in the Public Eye: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and Public Opinion By Thomas R. Marshall
	Sandra Day O’Connor was among the top justices whose on-the-Court votes reflected poll majorities. (more)
	FROM THE FIELD Four Calls or Less: A Dispositional Model of Preelection Polls By David Dutwin and Melissa Herrmann
	Preelection polls in the 2004 election were likely biased toward President Bush. (more)
	DEPARTMENTS
		From the Editor
		Till the Heavens Stop the Rain By Lisa Ferraro Parmelee
		Op-Ed
		Is President Bush Losing His Flock?
		Letters to the Editor
		Public Opinion Pros would like to hear from you.
		In Print
		The Meaning of American Democracy By Robert Y. Shapiro
		An excerpt from The Meaning of American Democracy. (more)
		Links
		A guide to the best of public opinion and polling on the web.