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18 Cards in this Set
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Public opinion
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how people think or feel about particular things
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poll
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a survey of public opinion
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random sample
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method of selecting from a population in which each person has an equal probability of being selected
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sampling error
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the difference between the results of random samples taken at the same time
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exit polls
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polls based on interviews conducted on election day with randomly selected voters
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political socialization
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process by which background traits influence one's political views
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elite
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people who have a disproportionate amount of some valued resource
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gender gap
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difference in political views between men and women
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political ideology
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a more or less cosistent set of beliefs about what policies government ought to pursue
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political elites
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persons with a disproportionate share of political power
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norm
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a standard of right or proper conduct
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voting-age population
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citizens who are eligiable to vote after reaching the minium age requirement
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registered voters
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people who are registered to vote
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literacy test
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a reuirement that citizens show that they can read before registering to vote
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poll tax
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a requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to vote
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granfather clause
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a clause in registration laws thatallowed people who do not meet registration requirements to vote if they or their ancestors voted before 1867
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white primary
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the practice of keeping blacks from voting in southern states primaries through arbitary use of registration requirements
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Australian ballot
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a government printed ballot of uniform dimensions to be cast in secret that many states adopted around 1890 to reduce voting fraud associated with party-printed ballots cast in public
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