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sample poll
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a relatively small proportion of people who are chosen in a survey so as to be representative of the whole.
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doctor sample of blood example
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random sample poll
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the key technique employed by survey reseach, which operates on the principle that everyone should have an equal probability of being selected for a sample
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equal
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sample error
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the level of confidence in the finding of a public interview, the more confident one can of the results.
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size of sample
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random digit dialing
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a technique used by pollsters to place telephones calls randomly to both listed and unlisted numbers when conducting a survey.
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calling randomly
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exit poll
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public opinion survey used by major media pollster to predict electoral winners with speed and precision.
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that day of voting polling
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incumbents
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they are Individuals who already hold office. sometimes during each term, the incumbents must decide whether to run again or to retiree voluntary. most decide to run again almost always emerge victorious.
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running for reelection
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census
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an actual enumeration of the population which the constitution requires that the goverment conduct every 10 years. a valuable tool in helping understand demographic changes. also helps determine how more than 400 billion dollars of fedearl money will be spent
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polling of a short to determine how people have changed
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effect of census on elections
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effect in a way in which it will see how the person in the election will want to run or how they will want to go to get the people vote.
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helps in getting votes
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public socialization
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the process through which individuals in a society acquires political attitudes views, and knowlegds, based on inputs from family, schools, the media, and others.
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is the explanation how people tend to get a better understanding on the political views
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political ideology
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a choenrent set of beliefs about politics, public policy, and public purpose which helps give meaning to political events.
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a set of beliefs on seeing how government so be ran
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liberals ideology
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support a wide scope for central goverment, often involving policies that aim to promote equality.
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equal
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conservative ideology
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support a less active scope of goverment that gives freer rein to private sectors.
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opposite to liberals
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political participation
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all the activities used by citizens to influence the selections of political leaders or the policies they pursue. the most common means of political participation in a democracy is voting other means include protest and civil disobedience.
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the ways people Will choose political leaders or policies.
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conventional participation
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the many widely accepted modes of influences goverment voting, trying to persuade others, ringing doorbell for petiotins, running for office. and so on
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regular ways of. participating
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unconventional participation
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includes activities that are oftendramatic, such as protesting, civil disobedience, and even violence.
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over the top
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protest as participation
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drawing attention to attract the media boost rate
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more of a over the top of type of participation like unconventional
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civil disobedience
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a form of political participation based on a conscious decision to break a law believed to be unjust and to suffer the consequences.
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breaking an unjust law to prove a point
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public opinion
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the distribution of the population beliefs about politics and policy issues.
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American people
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1 million legal immigrants
500000 illegal immigrants 12% of residents foreign born 1st wave: northern European 2nd wave: southern and eastern European 3rd wave: Hispanics and Asians 63% non whites 16% Hispanics 13% African American 6% Asian Americans 2% native Americans |
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