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| 8414272075 | census | a valuable tool for understanding demographic changes. The US Constitution requires that the Gov conduct an "actual enumeration" (a count) of the population every 10 years via one of these | 0 | |
| 8414272076 | civil disobedience | a form of political participation that reflects a conscious decision to break a law believed to be immoral and to suffer the consequences | 1 | |
| 8414272077 | demography | the science of population changes | 2 | |
| 8414272078 | exit poll | public opinion surveys used by major media pollsters to predict electoral winners with speed and precision | 3 | |
| 8414272079 | gender gap | a terms that refers to the regular pattern by which women are more likely to support Democratic candidates | 4 | |
| 8414272080 | melting pot | the mixing of cultures, ideas, and peoples that has changed the American nation | 5 | |
| 8414272081 | minority majority | the emergence of a non-Caucasian majority, as compared with a White generally Anglo-Saxon majority | 6 | |
| 8414272082 | political culture | an overall set of values widely shared within a society | 7 | |
| 8414272083 | political ideology | a coherent set of beliefs about politics, public policy, and public purpose. It helps give meaning to political events, personalities, and policies | 8 | |
| 8414272084 | political participation | all the activities used by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders and/or the policies the pursue | 9 | |
| 8414272085 | political socialization | the process through which a young person acquires political orientations as they grow up--based on inputs from (#1) PARENTS, teachers, the media, and friend | 10 | |
| 8414272086 | public opinion | the distribution of the populations beliefs about politics and policy issues | 11 | |
| 8414272087 | protest | a form of political participation designed to achieve policy change through dramatic and unconventional tactics | 12 | |
| 8414272088 | random sampling | 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 | 13 | |
| 8414272089 | random-digit dialing | a technique used by pollsters to place telephone calls randomly to both listed and unlisted numbers when conducting a survey | 14 | |
| 8414272090 | reapportionment | the process of reallocating seats in the House of Reps every 10 years on the basis of the results of the census-----states gain or lose Congressional representation as their populations change = population change = power shift | 15 | |
| 8414272091 | sample | a relatively small proportion of people who are chosen in a survey so as to be representative of the whole population | 16 | |
| 8414272092 | sampling error | the level of confidence in the findings of a public opinion poll. The more people interviewed, the more confident one can be of the results | 17 | |
| 8414272093 | socio-economic status demographic | wealthier = show up more to vote, more conservative not as wealthy = more liberal, don't show up as much to vote | 18 | |
| 8414272094 | Voting | more turn out for Presidential elections than other community based elections | 19 | |
| 8414272095 | Types of Polls | Traditional Telephone Polls, Exit Polls, Tracking Polls, Internet Polls, Push Polls | 20 | |
| 8414272096 | Straw Polls | unscientific surveys used to gauge public opinion on a variety of issues and policies | 21 | |
| 8414272097 | Tracking Polls | Continuous surveys that enable a campaign or news organization to chart a candidate's daily rise or fall in support | 22 | |
| 8414272098 | American dream | the widespread belief that the United States is a land of opportunity and that individual initiative and hard work can bring economic success | 23 | |
| 8414272099 | conservatism | a set of beliefs that includes a limited role for the national government in helping individuals, support for traditional values and lifestyles, and a cautious response to change | 24 | |
| 8414272100 | libertarian | a political ideology based on skepticism or opposition toward most government activities | 25 | |
| 8414272101 | malapportionment | any system where one group has significantly more influence than another, such as when voting districts are unevenly spread out across a population | 26 | |
| 8414272102 | political efficacy | the sense that citizens have the capacity to understand and influence political events | 27 | |
| 8414272103 | populists | an adherent of a political ideology that is liberal on economic matters and conservative on social ones; believes the government should reduce economic inequality but regulate personal conduct | 28 | |
| 8414272104 | push poll | polls taken to provide information on an opponent that would lead respondents to vote against that candidate | 29 | |
| 8414272105 | Liberal | believing that government should be active in supporting social and political change : relating to or supporting political liberalism | 30 | |
| 8414272106 | Political Attitudes | The way in which you view the world politically which is based on your family, gender, religion, race and ethnicity, and your region | 31 | |
| 8414272107 | Third Parties | a major political party operating over a limited period of time in addition to two other major parties in a nation or state normally characterized by a two-party system | 32 |
