U.s Goverment Ch 5

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Colloquial term used for average citizens and what they want or believe.

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John Q. Public

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Phrase coined by the late Joseph Kraft to refer to Americans who have moved out if poverty but are not yet affluent and who cherish the traditional middle-class values

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Middle America

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Phrase used to describe people, whatever their economic status, who uphold traditional values, especially against the counterculture of the 1960s

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Silent Majority

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A measure of ones social standing obtained by combining factors such as education, income, and occupation

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Social Status

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The moral teachings of religious institutions on religion,social and economic issues.

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Religious Tradition

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Differences in political views and voting behavior of men and women.

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Gender Gap

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A survey of political opinion.

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Poll

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A sample selected in such a way that any member of the population being surveyed has an equal chance of being interviewed.

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Random Sample

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favors a more active federal government for regulating business,supporting social welfare and protecting minority rights, but prefers less regulation of private social conduct.

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Liberal

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Favors more limited and local government, less regulation of markets, more social conformity to traditional norms and values, and tougher policies toward criminals

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Conservative

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A more or less consistent set of views as to the policies government ought to peruse.

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Political Ideology

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The difference between the results of two surveys or samples.

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Sampling Error

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People who wish to maximize personal liberty on both economic and social issues.

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Libertarian

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People who hold liberal views on economic matters and conservative ones on social matters.

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Populist

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People who have disproportionate amount of some valued resource

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Political Elite