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

	FEATURES To See Ourselves as Others See Us: How Publics Abroad View the United States in the Post-9/11 Era By Ole R. Holsti
	Overwhelming military and economic power may not always yield a comparable level of international influence. (more)
	Is the Party Over? Spreading Antipathy Toward Political Parties By Russell J. Dalton and Steven Weldon
	Growing dissatisfaction with political parties is a general pattern across the advanced industrial democracies. (more)
	Liberal or Conservative?: The Measure is the Meaning By Nat Ehrlich
	If you can only ask one question about political orientation, which should it be? (more)
	FROM THE FIELD Starting from Scratch: Making Research a Reality in Afghanistan By Matthew Warshaw
	In one survey, the female field team in Kandahar quit en masse on the first day of interviewing. (more)
	DEPARTMENTS
		From the Editor
		Where There's a Quill... By Lisa Ferraro Parmelee
		Op-Ed
		Swinging Seniors By Michael Bocian
		Letters to the Editor
		Public Opinion Pros would like to hear from you.
		In Print
		An excerpt from a forthcoming book on how Democrats can win the next election.
		Links
		A guide to the best of public opinion and polling on the web.