I. INTRODUCTION

    A. DEFINED

    B. SIGNIFICANCE

    C. THREE DISTRIBUTION TYPES

    D.  LATENT PUBLIC OPINION

II. OPINION IN AMERICA: DIVERSITY WITHIN UNITY

    A. UNITY OF BASIC POLITICAL VALUES

        1. INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

        2. CONSTITUTIONAL LEGITIMACY

            a.    Trust in Government- graph

            b.     Significance       

    B. DIVERSITY ON SPECIFIC ISSUES

        1. NATIONAL HEALTH CARE

        2. ABORTION

        3. GROUP PREFERENCES/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

        4. Judicial Activism

III. POLLING TECHNIQUES (SAMPLING METHODS)

    A. RANDOM SAMPLING

    B. QUOTA SAMPLING

    C. POLLING ACCURACY

IV. SOCIAL GROUPS AND POLITICAL VALUES

    A. SES (partisan identification by SES; Views on a Divided America)

    B. CATEGORIC TRAITS

    C. "Old" and "New" Ethnicity:  European Origin and Race

    D. RELIGION