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Development of a model for estimating PO in the 50 states can have a major impact on res in comparative Amer state pol. Until now the major studies in this field of pol'al sci have generally used aggregate electoral data, demographic data, fiscal data, or elite att'al studies to analyze state pol & policymaking. The res reported here was designed to give impetus to attempts to use nat'l surveys in such comparative res. With a technique for estimating PO from nat'l data, pol'al sci'ts can begin to examine empirically the relationship between public policy preferences & policymaking at subnat'l levels. AA.