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social institutions, including families and schools, that help to shape individuals' basic political beliefs and values
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agencies of socialization
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a specific preference on a particular issue
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attitude (or opinion)
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a shift in electoral support to the candidate whom public opinion polls report as the front-runner
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bandwagon effect
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today this term refersto those who generally support the social and economic status quo and are suspicious of efforts to introduce new political formulae and economic arrangements. Conservatives believe that a large and powerful government poses a threat to citizens' freedom
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conservative
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a system of rule that permits to play a significant part in the government process,usually through the election of key public officials
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democracy
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a widely shared American ideal that all people should have the freedom to use whatever talents and wealth they have to reach their fullest potential
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equality of opportunity
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a distinctive pattern of voting behavior reflecting the differences in views between women and men illusion of saliency the impression conveyed by polls that something is important to the public when actually it is not
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gender gap
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today this term refers to those who generally support social and political reform
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liberal
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freedom from government control
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liberty
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the public forum in which beliefs and ideas are exchanged and compete
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marketplace of ideas
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failure to identify the true distribution of opinion within a population because of errors such as ambiguous or poorly worded questions
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measurement error
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the ability to influence government and politics
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political efficacy
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a cohesive set of beliefs that forms a general philosophy about the role of government
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political ideology
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the induction of individuals into the political culture,; learning the underlying beliefs and values on which the political system is based
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political socialization
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a method used by pollsters to select a representative sample in which every individual in the population has an equal probabilityl of being selected as a respondent
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probability sampling
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citizens' attitudes about political issues, leaders, institutions, and events
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public opinion
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scientific instruments for measuring public opinion
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public- opinion polls
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a polling technique in which the questions are designed to shape the respondent's opinion
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push polling
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a polling method in which respondents are selected at random from a list of ten-digit telephone numbers, with every effort made to avoid bias in the construction of the sample
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random digit dialing
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attitudes and views that are especially important to the individual holing them
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salient interests
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a small group selected by researchers to represent the most important characteristics of an entire population
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sample
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polling error that arises based on the small size of the sample
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sampling error
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polling error that arises when the sample representative of the population being studied, which creates errors in some opinions
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selection bias
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basic principles that shape a person's opinions about political issues and events
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values (or benefits)
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