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31 Cards in this Set
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The learning process by which people acquire their political opinions, beliefs, and values
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Political Socialization
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Agents of Socialization in order
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Family
School Peers in community Religion Media Region |
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Primary Socializing Agents
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Family, School, Church
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Secondary Socializing Agents
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Peers, Media, Leaders
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Two Dominant Political Ideologies
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Liberal and Conservative
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Economic Issues - ( govt should be small and very limited their involvement in regulating business and industry)(govt should not create programs)
Social / Cultural Issues - (Govt. should be used to uphold traditional family values. |
Conservative Ideology
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Economic issues - ( govt should be big and very active in spending to promote the welfare of its citizens)
Social / Cultural Issues - ( Govt should be small and limit their involvement in dictating social / cultural standards / behavior |
Liberal Ideology
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2 Non Dominate Political Ideologies
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Libertarian and Populist
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Mixture of liberal and conservative) (wants a small government in every aspect) ( fast growing movement) (govt should not dictate social standards)
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Libertarian
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advocate a big extremely involved govt. in economic and social/ cultural issues) (govt should spend to create social programs) ( should dictate social standards)
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Populist
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The Personal sense of loyalty that an individual may feel toward a particular party
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Party Identification
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The politically relevant opinions held by ordinary citizens that they express openly
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Public Opinion
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Polls taken to measure / gauge public opinion
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Public Opinion Polls
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Problems with Public Opinion Polls
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The way its conducted
population ( what is being measured) The Sample ( percentage of the population) Not always representative |
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When people give socially acceptable answers in public opinion polls
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Halo Effect
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Type of polling question
Advantage - easy to quantify Disadvantage - does not give a sufficient answer |
Closed ended questions (yes or no)
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Type of polling Question
Advantages - answer will give good feedback Disadvantages - Hard to quantify |
Open Ended Questions
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a way to explain the differences that men and women feel about various topics of public opinion
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The Gender Gap
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A way to explain the differences that people of different generations feel about various topics of public opinion
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The Generation Gap
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just because people may belong to the common demographic doesn't mean they are going to feel the same way about different issues.
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Cross cutting cleavage
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A device for measuring public opinion whereby a relatively small number of individuals are interviewed for the purpose of estimating the opinions of a whole community
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Public Opinion Poll
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In a public opinion poll, the relatively small number of individuals who are interviewed for the purpose of estimating the opinions of an entire population
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Sample
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In public opinion poll, the people (for example, the citizens of a nation) whose opinions are being estimated through interviews with a sample of these people
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Population
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The right to vote
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Suffrage
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The proportion of persons of voting age who actually vote in a given election
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Voter Turnout
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The practice of placing citizens' names on an official list of voters before they are eligable to exercise their right to vote
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Registration
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Reasons people do not vote
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not interested
not eligible don't think it will make a difference don't like the choices not informed don't care |
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Who is more likely to vote
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older people are more likely to vote
men & women votes at the same rates higher income and higher educated more likely to vote |
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Gave former slaves the right to vote
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15th Amendment (1870)
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Gave women the right to vote
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19th Amendment (1920)
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Outlawed poll taxes
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24th Amendment (1964)
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