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16 Cards in this Set
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Census
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a count of the American population conducted every ten years
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civil disobedience
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a from of unconventional participation designed to consciously break a law thought to be unjust
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Demography
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the science of human popluations
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Exit poll
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a poll taken at randomly selected polling places after the citizens have placed thier votes
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Gender Gap
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a consistent attitudinal pattern where women are more likely than men to express liberal attitudes and to support democratic candidates
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melting pot
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the mixture of cultures, ideas, and peoples in the united states
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minority majority
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a reference to the impending status of white, anglo-saxon americans, currently holding majority status
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Political culture
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an overall set of values widely shared within a society
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Political Ideology
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a coherent set of values and beliefs about public policy
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Political Participation
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the activities used by citizens to influence political outcomes
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Political socialization
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the process by which citizens acquire their knowledge, feelings, and evaluations of the political world
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Protest
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a from of political participation designed to change policy through unconventional tactics
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Public opinion
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the distribution of the population's beliefs about politics and issues
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Random digit dialing
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phone numbers are dialed at random around the country
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Random sampling
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a polling technique is based on the principle that everyone has an equal probability of being selected as part of the sample
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sample
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a small proportion of the population chosen as repressentative of the whole population
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