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20 Cards in this Set
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Census
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valuable tool for understand population change (taken every 10 years)
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Civil Disobedience
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a form or political participation that reflects a conscious decision to break a law believed to be immoral and to suffer the consequences
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Demography
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science of populatiion changes
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Exit Poll
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used by the media to predict election day winners
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Gender Gap
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difference between men and women in political attainments or attitudes
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Melting Pot
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a country, locality, or situation in which a blending of races, peoples, or cultuers is taking place
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Minority Majority
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racial composition is less than 50% white
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Political Culture
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overall set of values shared within a society
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Political Ideology
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a coherent set of beliefs about politics, public policy, and public purpose
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Political Participation
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all the activites used by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or the policies they pursure
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Protest
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a form of political participation designed to achieve policy changes through dramatic and unconventional tactics
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Public Opinion
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distribution of the population's beliefs about politics and policy issues
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Random Digit Dialing
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method for selecting people for telephone surveys by generating telephone numbers at random
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Random Sampling
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equal probability of being selected for a sample
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Sample Error
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level of confidence in the findings of a public opinion poll
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Bandwagon Effect
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people often do and believe things merely because other people do and believe the same things
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Simpson-Mazzoli Act
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reformed US immigration law. Made it illegal to knowingly hire illegal immigrants.
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Reapportionment
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process of reallocating seats in the House
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Sample
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definition:
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Unconventional Participation
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definition:
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