Political Culture, Opinion, And Participation

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political culture

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The widely shared beliefs, values, and norms about how citizens relate to governments and to one another.

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political ideology

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A consistent pattern of beliefs about political values and the role of government.

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instant response polling

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polling taken directly after people exit the booths (inaccurate)

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equality of opportunity

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everyone has equal rights to the same opportunities

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push polls

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political campaign technique in which an individual or organization attempts to influence or alter the view of respondents under the guise of conducting a poll.

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civic duty

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the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force

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bandwagon effect

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people often do and believe things merely because many other people do and believe the same things. The effect is often called herd instinct. People tend to follow the crowd without examining the merits of a particular thing

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equality of results

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is a form of social justice which seeks to reduce or eliminate incidental inequalities between individuals or households in a society.

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refusal rate

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the proportion of individuals who, though successfully contacted, refuse to give the information sought.

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exit polls

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is a poll of voters taken immediately after they have exited the polling stations.

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progressive culture

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a political attitude favoring or advocating changes or reform.

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tracking poll

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Polling repeatedly over a period of time, with the intent of tracking changes in public opinion.

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orthodox culture

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Adhering to the accepted or traditional and established faith, especially in religion.

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context effect

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is the aspect of cognitive psychology that describes the influence of environmental factors on one's perception of a stimulus.

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political efficacy

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one's own influence or effectiveness on politics

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middle america

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a small town or suburb where people are predominantly middle class

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question framing

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are used to collect quantitative information about items in a population

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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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saliency

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is its state or quality of standing out relative to neighboring items.

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social status

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A division of population based on occupation, income, and education.

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Help America Vote Act 2002

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replace punch card voting systems; create the Election Assistance Commission to assist in the administration of Federal elections; and
establish minimum election administration standards.

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christian coalition

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an organization that represents certain viewpoints among numbers of Christians in the United States

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gender gap

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The difference between the political opinions or political behavior of men and of women.

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Motor Voter Law (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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15th 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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liberal

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having political or social views favoring reform and progress

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conservative

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having social views that are resistant to change

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white primary

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were primary elections in the Southern States of the United States of America in which any non-White voter was prohibited from participating. White primaries were found in many Southern States after about 1890 and through the mid-1960s

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Voting Rights Act (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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libertarian

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conservative on social issues but liberal on economic issues

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19th Amendment

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to the United States Constitution prohibits each state and the federal government from denying any citizen the right to vote because of that citizen's sex

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populist

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liberal on social issues and conservative on economic issues

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new class

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the privileged ruling class of bureaucrats and Communist Party

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new deal coalition

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the alignment of interest groups and voting blocs that supported the New Deal

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random sample

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chosen by a method involving an unpredictable component.

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sampling error

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the error caused by observing a sample instead of the whole population

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weighting

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emphasising some aspects of a phenomenon, or of a set of data

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Voting Rights Act (1970) and (1982)

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which prohibited Southern states from using literacy tests to determine eligibility to vote. Later laws prohibited literacy tests in all states and made poll taxes illegal in state and local elections.

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26th Amendment (1971)

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) to the United States Constitution standardized the voting age to 18.

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quota sample

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a sample created by gathering a predefined number of participants from each of several predetermined categories

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focus groups

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a form of qualitative research in which a group of people are asked about their perceptions, opinions, beliefs and attitudes

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23rd amendment (1961)

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

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disfranchiment

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the process in which people lose the right to vote

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Australian Ballot

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The secret ballot is a voting method in which a voter's choices in an election or a referendum are confidential. The key aim is to ensure the voter records a sincere choice by forestalling attempts to influence the voter by intimidation or bribery.

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activist

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intentional action to bring about social, political, economic, or environmental change. This action is in support of, or opposition to, one side of an often controversial argument.

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demographics

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