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17 Cards in this Set
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public opinion
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the distribution of the population's beliefs about politics and policy issues
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demography
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the science of population changes
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census
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a valuable tool for understanding demographic changes, the u.s. constitution requires that the government conduct an actual enumeration of the population every 10 years+
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melting pot
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the mixing of cultures ideas and peoples that has changed the american nation the united states with its history of immigration
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minority majority
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the emergence of a non caucasian majority as compared with a white ,generally anglo-saxon majority. it is predicted that by about 2045 hispanic americans african americans and asian americans and asian americans together will outnumber white americans
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political culture
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an overall set of values widely shared within a society
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reapportionment
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the process of reallocating seats in the house of representatives every 10 years on the basis of the results of the census
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political socialization
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the process through which a young person acquires political orientations as they grow up based on inputs from parents teachers the media and friends
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sample
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a relatively small proportion of people who are chosen in a survey so as to be representative of the whole
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random sampling
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the key technique employed by sophisticated survey researchers which operates on the principle that everyone should have an equal probability of being selected for the sample
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sampling error
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the level of confidence in the findings of a public opinion poll. the more people interviewed the more confident one ca be of the results
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random digit dialing
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a technique used by polisters to place telephone calls randomly to both listed and unlisted numbers when conducting a survey
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exit poll
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public opinion surveys used by major media pollsters
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political ideology
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a coherent set of beliefs about politics, public policy and public purpose. it helps give meaning to political events personalities, and policies
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gender gap
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a term that refers to the regular pattern by which women are are more likely to support democratic candidates women tend to be significantly less conservative than men and are more likely to support spending on social services and to oppose higher levels of military spending
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political participation
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all the activities used by citizen to influence the selection of political leaders or the policies they pursue. the most common but not the only means of political participation in a democracy is voting. other means of political participation in a democracy is voting. other means include protest and civil disobedience
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protest
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a form of political participation that reflects a conscious decision to break a law believed to be immoral and to suffer the consequence
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