Political Culture

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Political Ideology

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a more or less consistent set of beliefs about what policies government ought to pursue

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Equality of Opportunity

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giving people an equal chance to succeed

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Equality of Results

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making certain that people achieve the same results

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Civic Duty

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a belief that one has the obligation to participate in civic and political affairs

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Progressive Culture

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belief that personal freedom and solving social problems are more important than religion

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Orthodox Culture

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belief that morality and religion ought to be of decisive importance

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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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Political Culture

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basic beliefs, customs and assumptions about government which are shared by the people in a group or nation

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Political Efficacy

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one's own influence or effectiveness on politics

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Silent Majority

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an unspecified large majority of people in a country or group who do not express their opinions publicly

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Socio-Economic Status

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an economic and sociological combined total measure of a person's work experience and of an individual's or family’s economic and social position relative to others, based on income, education, and occupation

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Christian Coalition

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a US Christian advocacy group

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Liberal

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favorable to or in accord with concepts of maximum individual freedom possible, esp. as guaranteed by law and secured by governmental protection of civil liberties

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Conservative

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disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change

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Libertarian

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conservative on economic matters and liberal on social ones

-want a small weak gov't
-maximization of liberty both socially and economically

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Populist

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liberal views on economics and conservative views on social matters.

-strong gov't
-reduced economic inequality
-regulated business
-stricter social and criminal sanctions

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New Class

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the privileged ruling class of bureaucrats and Communist Party functionaries which typically arises in a Stalinist Communist state

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New Deal Coalition

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the alignment of interest groups and voting blocs that supported the New Deal and voted for Democratic presidential candidates from 1932 until approximately 1968

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Weighting

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emphasising some aspects of a survey to give them more "weight" than another portion

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Quota Sample

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biased selection, non random

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Focus Groups

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a group of people in which peeple are asked about their attitudes towards (something)

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Instant Response Polling

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a type of polling currently being used by the media and online --> instant results

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Push Polls

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a type of poll in which an organization attempts to influence people under the guise of conducting a poll

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Bandwagon Effect

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"copycat" behavior; people often do things because other people do them

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Refusal Effect

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the proportion of individuals who refuse to give the information sought

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Exit Poll

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a poll of voters taken immediatly after they have exited polling stations

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Tracking Poll

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A poll conducted each day to assess trends caused by new advertising, public events, etc

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Skewed Question

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a question which creates incorrect results; often worded oddly, etc.

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Question Framing

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how you, as surveyor, decide to ask for data

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Context Effect

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people behave differently in different situations because context is significant in decision making

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Help America Vote Act of 2002

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mandates that all states and localities upgrade many aspects of their election procedures, including their voting machines, registration processes and poll worker training

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Motor-Voter Law of 1993

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required state governments to allow for registration when a qualifying voter applied for or renewed their drivers license or applied for social services

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Fifteenth Amendment

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prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude"

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White Primary

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primary elections in the Southern States of the United States of America in which any non-White voter was prohibited from participating (about 1890 and through the mid-1960s)

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the United States

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Nineteenth Amendment (1920)

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conservative on economic matters and liberal on social ones

-want a small weak gov't
-maximization of liberty both socially and economically

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Voting Rights Act (1970) and (1982)

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1970: Some temporary sections of the Voting Rights Act (none involving the outlawing of poll taxes or literacy tests, which are permanently banned) have been renewed four times and remain in force

1982: Congress amended the Act to make some sections (including section 2) permanent while renewing the remainder (including section 5) for 25 years

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Twenty-Sixth Amendment

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standardized the voting age to 18

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Twenty-Third Amendment

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permits citizens in the District of Columbia to vote for Electors for President and Vice President

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Disenfranchisement

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the revocation of the right of suffrage (the right to vote) to a person or group of people, or rendering a person's vote less effective, or ineffective

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Australian Ballot

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the system of voting in which voters mark their choices in privacy on uniform ballots printed and distributed by the government or designate their choices by some other secret means

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Activist

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an especially active, vigorous advocate of a cause, esp. a political cause

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Demographics

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the characteristics of a human population as used in government, marketing or opinion research, or the demographic profiles used in such research