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17 Cards in this Set
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where are the most important early sources of political socialization found?
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family and schools
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what makes a person more likely to be interested in politics.
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more education
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a group consisting of members sharing common social characteristics. These groups play an important part in the socialization process, helping to shape attitudes and beliefs
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peer group
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a long lasting effect of the events of a particular time on the political opinions of those who came of political age at that time.
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generational effect
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the phenomenon of certain attitudes occurring at certain chronological ages.
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lifestyle effect
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who generally votes republican and who generally votes democratic
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people with higher incomes and higher socioeconomic status tend to vote republican while manual laborers, factory worker, and especially union members are more likely to vote democratic
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voters who are more devout regardless of their church affiliation tend to vote
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republican
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Cubans are more likely to vote for who?
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republicans
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African americans voted principally for republicans until -----
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democrat franklin roosevelts new deal in the 1930's
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African americans are on average somehwat conservative on what kind of issues?
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cultural issues such as same sex marriage and aborition.
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African americans are on average more liberal on what kind of issues?
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social welfare matters, civil liberties, and even foreign policy.
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the difference between the percentage of women who vote for a particular candidate and the percentage of men who for vote for the canidate
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gender gap
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women generally nowadays vote
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democratic and support democratic issues.
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smaller communities tend to be ------ while larger cities tend to be ------
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republican, democrat
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characteristics of voters or non voters.
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age, educational attainment, minority status, income level
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What are some other reasons people do not vote.
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uninfomrmed media coverage, negative campaigning, rational ignorance effect.
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an effect produced when people purposely and rationally decided not to become informed on an issue because they believe that their vote on the issue is not likely to be a deciding one.
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rational ignorance effect
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