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16 Cards in this Set
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John Q. Public
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colloquial term for average citizens and what they want or believe
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Middle America
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a phrase coined by Joseph Kraft in a 1968 newspaper column to refer to Americans who have moved out of poverty but are not yet affluent and who cherish traditional middle-class values
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silent majority
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a phrase used to describe people, whatever their economic status, who uphold traditional values, especially against the counterculture of the 1960's
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social status
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a measure of one's social standing obtained by combining factors such as education, income, and occupation
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religious tradition
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the moral teachings of religious institutions on religious, social, and economic issues
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gender gap
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differences in the political views and voting behavior of men and women
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poll
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a survey of public opinion
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random sample
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a sample selected in such a way that any member of the population being surveyed has an equal chance of being interviewed
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liberal
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favoring a more active federal government for regulating business, supporting social welfare,a dn protecting minority rights, but prefering less regulation of private social conduct
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conservative
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favoring more limited and local government, less government regulation of markets, more social conformity to traditional norms and values, and tougher policies toward criminals
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political ideology
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a more or less consistent set of views as to the policies government ought to pursue
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sampling error
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the difference between the results of two surveys or samples
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libertarians
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people who wish to maximize personal libertyon both economic and social issues; they prefer a small, weak government that has little control over wither the economy or the personal lives of citizens
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populists
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people who hold liberal views on economic matters and conservative ones on social matters; they prefer a strong government
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political elite
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an identifiable group of persons who possess a disproportionate share of some valued resource- such as money or political power
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norm
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a standard of right or proper conduct that helps determine the range of acceptable social behavior and policy options
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