As part of a permanent campaign, political leaders use polls to craft their language, track responses to their speeches and identify who is for them, who against them, and why. Polling helps politicians maintain and expand their coalition from one election to the next by tracking attitudes.
Politicians also benefit from polling in the same way companies marketing a product do. It is easier to persuade when you understand your audience. The Reagan administration discovered that calling a space-based defense program “Star Wars” appealed to the public more than when it was called the “Strategic Defense Initiative.”
The original thirteen colonies flourished and developed into what became the fifty US states, thanks to ample resources and opportunities. This country's political geography was the consequence of many treaties and conquests that resulted in the country reaching from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
Yes, moderate republicans wanted the reconstruction plan while radical republicans thought reconstruction was too lenient toward the south and wasn’t harsh enough due to the fact they caused the war. The radical republicans plan was to disband the aristocracy with farming, redistribute land and guarantee the civil rights to former slaves.
In Common Sense, Thomas Paine described a way for A the Continental army to win the war.