Download or read book Tides of Consent written by James A. Stimson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracking trends in American public opinion, this study examines moods of public policy over time. It argues that public opinion is decisive in American politics and identifies the citizens who produce influential change as a relatively small subset of the American electorate.