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What are the Elements that the book identifies with our political culture?
Liberty, Equality, Democracy, Civic Duty, Individual Responsibility
What is the difference between political culture and political ideology?
Political Culture is a distinctive and patterned way of thinking about how political and economic life ought to be carried out while political ideology refers more or less consists of set views concerning the policies the government ought to pursue
What is the fundamental liberal/ conservative divide on economics?
Liberals believe that whatever disadvantages minorities and women face are the result of economic failure
Conservatives believe in individualism and personal responsibility
What was the founders attitude towards public opinion?
The founding fathers welcomed the public opinion.
What is political socialization?
The concept concerning the learning process by which norms and behaviors acceptable to a well running political system are trance-mitted from one generation to another
What are the three factors that divide peoples political beliefs?
Region, Ethnicity & Race , Social Class
What is political ideology?
A coherent and consistent set of beliefs about who ought to rule , what principles rulers ought to obey, and what policies rulers ought to pursue
What are the problems with surveys asking people about their own ideology?
Scholars have come to a conclusion that not many people think of politics in an ideological or even in a coherent manner and that makes little use of such concepts.
What is a political elite / Activist?
People who hold office, run for office, work in campaigns or on newspapers, lead interest groups, and social movements, and speak out on political issues
What are two reasons activist / Political elites tend to have more ideological consistency than those who aren't activist?
Information & Peers
What effect does this ideological consistency have on the difference ideologically between politicians and voters?
Voters find themselves more preoccupied on thing like paying bills rather than the top political issues and therefore do not become informed or meet others who are
How do elites influence the public opinion ?
-Raising and framing political issues

-Stating norms by which issues should be settled
What are the limits to their ability to shape public opinion?
Elites can shape polices not define them
Ex) The Elites cannot define economic problems or define the range of inflammation the people can see that for themselves
What have states been doing to make voting easier for people?
In 1993 created a motor-voting law to allow people register when apply for drivers licenses
What were the result of the 1993 law passed by congress to increase voter participation ?
630,000 new voters and result is mixed
What get-out-the-vote (GOTV) tactics are the most successful?
Voting
Joining Civic associations
Supporting social movements
writing to legislators
fighting city hall
How did states try to keep blacks from voting?
Jim Crow Laws
What political effects have there been since the 19th and 26th amendment ?
-Women's right to vote , get a job , hold a spot in office
-give 18 year olds the right to vote