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

	FEATURES Gauging the Election Mandate and the Role of “Moral Values” By Alvin Richman
	Six polls using four question formats offer fresh insights into the debate. (more)
	The “Moral Values” Illusion By George Bishop
	So much for the rational voter. (more)
	False Consensus: Public (Mis)Estimation of Public Opinion By Greg M. Shaw
	To paraphrase the political adage, what you see depends on where you stand. (more)
	FROM THE FIELD All in the Timing: In-the-Field Testing of a Post-Disaster Questionnaire By Stephanie Willson, Kristen Miller, and Karen Whitaker
	Even when a question in no way alluded to the hurricane, answers still reflected respondents' hurricane experience.
	UP-AND-COMING Future pollsters show their stuff...(more)
	DEPARTMENTS
		From the Editor
		Piso Mojado By Lisa Ferraro Parmelee
		Op-Ed
		You have opinions, too.
		Columns
		Standing Up and On the Way Out By Howard Schuman What Do I know? by John Benson
		Letters to the Editor
		Public Opinion Pros would like to hear from you.
		In Print
		Opinion Polls: A Guide for the Critical Consumer By Adam J. Berinsky
		An excerpt from Silent Voices: Public Opinion and Political Participation in America