Review For A.p. Gov Political Culture Tn 17-26

Front 1

What are the agents of political socialization?

Back 1

Family,Schools, religion and race

Front 2

Which presidential administration is responsible for New Deal Liberalism?

Back 2

Franklin Roosevelt

Front 3

Rank the religions in terms of ideology?

Back 3

Protestants most conservative
Catholics traditionally more liberal
Jewish most liberal

Front 4

Explain voter turnout in terms of race

Back 4

Whites more likely to vote than African Americans, who are more likely to vote than hispanics. however in overall political participation, African Americans participate more than whites of the same socioeconomic status.

Front 5

Rank voting behavior in terms of influence.

Back 5

1. political party
2. family
3. religion

Front 6

What is the geographic ideological make up of the U.S.

Back 6

Red states in middle and south
Blue states on West Coast and Northeast

Front 7

define political ideology

Back 7

consistent set of beliefs about the policies of gov

Front 8

Define "Solid South"

Back 8

The south used to vote democratic now they vote republica

Front 9

Define Motor Voter Bill

Back 9

Allows you to register to vote at the DMV when you renew your Drivers License - Its has had very little affect on increasing voter turnout

Front 10

Define "Gender Gap"

Back 10

Since the 1950s Women tend to vote more democratic and Men more republican because those two parties align with issues than tend to reasonate with each gender

Front 11

Rank the agents of political socialization

Back 11

strongest is family, next is schools, third is religion, 4th is race.

Front 12

Define Literacy Test

Back 12

Eliminated by the Voting Rights Act of 1965, people had to take a test to show they could read and write at a certain level. Aimed at Preventing African Americans from voting in the south

Front 13

What are three reasons for low voter turnout in the U.S.

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1. lack of political efficacy
2. don't like any of the candidates
3. pol. parties aren't good at mobilzing voters

Front 14

Define internal and external political efficacy?

Back 14

Internal = ability to take part and understand politics
External = belief that a person can make a difference or change in gov

Front 15

One of our characteristic of political culture is that of individualism. Define this

Back 15

belief in self reliance

Front 16

Which issues do women and men differ on significantly

Back 16

gun control, spending on anti poverty programs, limiting defense. But women and men have similar views on abortion

Front 17

Compare Americans political efficacy to Europeans

Back 17

Americans have a greater sense of political efficacy

Front 18

Describe Americans in terms of our political culture as it pertains to equality.

Back 18

We believe that both political and economic equality are important (eqaul opportunity) and are more likely to tolerate activists over ideologues

Front 19

Describe some institutional barriers that contribute to low voter turnout

Back 19

having to register to vote
a long ballot with many offices and issues to vote on
political parties

Front 20

What are some of the reasons European industrialized nations have much higher voter turnout then the U.S.

Back 20

They impose penalties for not voting. They have same day voter registration. They have mutli party systems which allows for more choices in candidates.

Front 21

List two important techniques used to get accurate resuslt from polling.

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the sample must be random
ask carefully worded questions that are not leading or open ended

Front 22

What age group is the most likely to vote?

Back 22

The older you are the more likely you are to vote : 45 years and older

Front 23

Define political socialization

Back 23

how we acquire our political beliefs

Front 24

what is the approximate voter turn out for a presidential election

Back 24

50% of all voters 18 years or older

Front 25

How does attending college affect your political attitudes

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it will influence you in a more liberal direction

Front 26

Define realigning elections and give an example of 3 elections that are considered realigning elections?

Back 26

1860, 1896 and 1932 are realigning elections which had long term change in political alignment

Front 27

Describe the history of womens sufferage in the U.S.

Back 27

19th amendment gave women the right to vote. In the beginning women voted less than men. Now women vote more than men. Women tend to favor democrats and the gender gap is prevalent in both general and mid term congressional elections.

Front 28

Why does public policy differ many times from public opinion

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Constitution places many checks on public opinion

Front 29

What impact does income have on your political ideology

Back 29

the higher your income the more likely to be conservative

Front 30

What is the best predictor of voting that cuts across all other factors

Back 30

Education level

Front 31

list the characteristics of political culture.

Back 31

liberty, individualism, Equality, Democracy,Civic Duty, Mistrust of Gov. Political Tolerance Pragmatism