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15 Cards in this Set
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Is the average man or woman on the street refered to as the "common man"(or woman).
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John Q. Public
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It refers to Americans who have moved out of poverty but are not yet affluent and who cherish the traditional middle-class values
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Middle America
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Is a term first used by Richard Nixon, is an unspecified large majority of people in a demographic who do not express their opinions publicly.
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Silent Majority
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It is the honor or prestige attached to one's position in society (one's social position)
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Social Status
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It encompasses ancestral or cultural traditions, writings, history, and mythology, as well as personal faith and religious experience.
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Religious Tradition
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It is the difference in political views between men and women.
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Gender Gap
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A survey of public opinion.
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Poll
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It is one chosen by a method involving an unpredictable component.
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Random Sample
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A political ideology that seeks to maximize individual liberties.
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Liberal
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A term used to describe political philosophies that favour tradition, where tradition refers to various religious, cultural, or nationally defined beliefs and customs.
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Conservative
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It is the error caused by observing a sample instead of the whole population.
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Sampling Error
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Are more likly than the average citizen to be young,college educated,and white,live in the west and have high incomes.
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Libertarians
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Are more likly than the average citizen to be older,poorly educated,low income,religious, and female, and to live in the south or midwest.
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Populists
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It is to the people who have a disproportionate amount of some valued resource.
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Political Elite
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It is a standard of right or proper conduct.
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Norm
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