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chp 7 How people think or feel about particular things. |
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chp 7 A survey of public opinion. |
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| What are some keys to a good poll? |
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chp 7 Comprehensible questions Wording questions fairly and others |
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what is a random samply ? chp 7 |
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| Method of selecting from a population in which each person has an equal probability of being selected. |
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| What is a sampling error? |
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chp 7 The differences between the results of random samples taken at the same time. |
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chp 7 Polls based on interviews conducted on Election Day with randomly selected voters. |
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caring more on some issues then others. chp 7 |
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chp 7 Opions are pretty steady while others tend to be more volatile. |
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| Opinion policy congruence |
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On some issues government seems largely in sync while on other issues it seems significantly out of sync with majority public opinion. chp 7 |
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chp 7 Process by which background traits influence one's political views. |
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cp 7 People who have a disproportionate amount of some valued resource. The government attends more to elite views than to popular views on most matters. |
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Has party identification increased or decreased since the 1950's |
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| What are "red-diapered babies"? |
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| The children of radicals who are themselves radicals. |
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chp 7 Difference in political views between men and women. Most men are Republicans |
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| Are cleavages inpublic opinion by class? |
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| no chp 7 they are by a variety of things. |
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| What are some forms of political socialization? |
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chp 7 Family Religion Gender gap Schooling and Information Social class Race and Ethnicity REgion-south is less democratic that before |
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| -a more or less consistent set of beliefs about what policie ghovernment ought to pursue. chp 7 |
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| What are the three catagories one can be liberal and cosercative on? |
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chp 7 Economy Civil rights Conduct |
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Define Pure liberals Pure conservatives Liberatarians Populists |
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More likely than the average citizen to be young college educated, and non-religious Older, higher incomes, white, live in midwest C=economics L=social young, college educated, white, higher incomes, no religion, live in west L=economics C=social older, poorly educated, low-income, religious females from the South or Midwest chp 7 Important!!!! |
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chp 7 Persons with a disproportionate share of political power-sometimes called nomenklatura information and peers influence them Constistency in Congress |
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Raise nd frame political issues chp 7 |
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| Has opinion policy congruence been declining or inclining? |
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a standard or right or proper conduct chp7 |
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| Do elites define economics or foreign affairs? |
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foreign affairs since people themselves can tell about economics chp 7 |
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| Citizens who are elgible to vote after reaching the minimum age requirement |
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| People who are registered to vote |
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| 1870 Not deny the vote on account of race |
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Literacy Test Poll Tax chp8 |
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A requirement that citizens pass a literacy test in order to register to vote A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote. |
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| A clause in registration laws allowing people who do not meet registration requirements to vote if they or their ancestors had voted before 1867 |
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| The practice of keeping blacks from voting in the southern states' primaries through arbitrary use of registration. |
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Voting Rights Act of 1965 chp 8 |
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| Suspended literacy tests and authorized the appointment of federal examiners. |
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| 1920 gave woman the right to vote |
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Voting Rights Act of 1970 chp 8 |
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| Gave 18 year olds the right to vote in federal elections. |
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| 1971 gave 18 year olds the right to vote in both states and federal government |
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| What is the average voter turnout in the US? |
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| A government printed ballot of uniform dimensions to be cast in secret that many states adopted aroound 1890 to reduce voting fraud associated with party printed ballots cast in public. |
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| Sydney Verba nad Norman Nie studies |
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Asked the people if they vote. 72% siad yes when only 56% actually did. More people take part in non-political activities They also came up with 6 ways people participate politically |
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| How much of the population is completely inactive politically? |
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| 1/5 and mostly african americans |
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| People who tend to participate in all forms of politics = 1/9 of the population |
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| Only vote-older low-income and low-education |
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| Vote and get involved, have an interest in conflicts passions and clear party lines. |
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| do not like conflict or tension and thus participate more in community activities and contact local officials abou their problems. |
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| do not vote and stay out of campaigns but may contact local officials about specific personal problems |
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| Do men and woman vote abouit the same rate? |
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| Yes but Whites vote a little more than blacks but this is mostly due to the fatc that blacks are generally lower income and less educated |
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| Is there a correlation between distrust and votes? |
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