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	FEATURES The Myth of the Disengaged American By Russell Dalton
	Participatory culture appears alive and well in contemporary America. (more)
	Special Feature Weighting It Out: Party Identification and Election 2004 Last part of a three-part series By Larry Hugick and Stacy DiAngelo
	Even if they came close to the actual election results, pollsters’ performance was not improved by flawed assumptions about party ID. (more)
	Governor Schwarzenegger Takes His Chances: California's November Special Election By Mark Baldassare
	The outcomes of its special election will surely have implications for California’s elections next year, other states’ policies, and national politics. (more)
	FROM THE FIELD Democratic Design: The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems Project By W. Phillips Shively
	Background on a crossnational project that explores the interaction between citizens and their nations’ political institutions. (more)
	DEPARTMENTS
		From the Editor
		When the Heavens Stop the Rain By Lisa Ferraro Parmelee
		Op-Ed
		Race and Ruin: Questions in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina By Darren W. Davis Niccolo Machiavelli Goes To California, Advises: Be Virtuous By Patrick J. Egan and Kenneth Sherrill
		Letters to the Editor
		Public Opinion Pros would like to hear from you.
		In Print Presents: Public Opinion Classics
		Migration Across the Margins By Jean M. Converse
		An excerpt from Survey Research in the United States: Roots and Emergence 1890-1960. (more)
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