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| 10871497127 | Political socialization | the process by which political values are formed and passed from one generation to the next | 0 | |
| 10871497128 | Political culture | a patterned and ongoing way of thinking about how politics and government ought to be carried out | 1 | |
| 10871497129 | Equality of outcome | guarantee of equal wealth for all citizens, regardless of education or job; not a priority of the USA | 2 | |
| 10871497130 | Equality of opportunity | every person has the same chances in life; a goal in the USA | 3 | |
| 10871497131 | Individualism | the focus on individual rights and responsibilities; each person achieves their own success through hard work; a defining value in the USA | 4 | |
| 10871497132 | Rule of law | The Constitution and legal codes apply equally to all citizens and are accepted by people without question | 5 | |
| 10871497133 | Free enterprise | an economic system in which private business operates in competition and largely free of state control | 6 | |
| 10871497134 | Evangelicals | conservative Christians who are pro-life on the abortion issue; strong bloc of the Republican Party | 7 | |
| 10871497135 | Demographics | statistical data related to the population (e.g. age, race, religion, etc.) | 8 | |
| 10871497136 | Gender gap | the difference between men and women in their opinions or voting behavior | 9 | |
| 10871497137 | Political ideology (ideological) | a consistent set of beliefs about what policies the government ought to pursue | 10 | |
| 10871497138 | Partisan (Partisanship) | strong loyalty to one political party | 11 | |
| 10871497139 | Liberal | political ideology espousing an active and powerful national government for the purpose of economic equality, environmental regulation, and other social problems; pro-choice on abortion and personal freedom issues | 12 | |
| 10871497140 | Moderate | A person who is non-ideological; mixed views | 13 | |
| 10871497141 | Conservative | political ideology espousing a limited role for the government in order to protect individual liberty; most social and economic problems can be solved by the marketplace (supply and demand), private charities, or religious institutions; pro-life (government should make abortion illegal) | 14 | |
| 10871497142 | Libertarian | political ideology espousing an extremely limited role for the government in both social and economic areas; the national government should only do those things that the marketplace cannot handle (ie. national defense, currency, etc.) | 15 | |
| 10871497143 | Public opinion | how people feel or think about issues or candidates for office | 16 | |
| 10871497144 | Opinion Poll | a tool used to measure public opinion about issues or candidates | 17 | |
| 10871497145 | Random sample | method of selecting from a population in which each person has an equal chance of being selected; essential for accurate polling | 18 | |
| 10871497146 | Sample size (of a poll) | the number of people that are questioned and included in a poll | 19 | |
| 10871497147 | Margin of error (of a poll) | the difference between the results of random samples taken at the same time; measures the accuracy of a poll...the lower the better | 20 | |
| 10871497148 | Exit Poll | poll based on interviews conducted on Election Day as voters are leaving their voting precinct | 21 | |
| 10871497149 | Tracking Poll | a type of poll repeated periodically with the same group of people to check and measure changes of opinion or knowledge | 22 | |
| 10871497150 | Rational-choice voting | Voting based on what is perceived to be in the citizen's individual interest | 23 | |
| 10871497151 | Retrospective voting | Voting to decide whether the party or candidate in power should be re-elected based on the recent past | 24 | |
| 10871497152 | Prospective voting | Voting based on predictions of how a party or candidate will perform in the future | 25 | |
| 10871497153 | Party-line voting | Supporting a party by voting for candidates from one political party for all public offices across the ballot | 26 | |
| 10871497154 | 15th Amendment (1870) | prohibited voting restrictions based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude (slavery) | 27 | |
| 10871497155 | 19th Amendment (1920) | prohibited voting restrictions based on gender | 28 | |
| 10871497156 | 24th Amendment | outlawed the use of poll taxes at any level of government | 29 | |
| 10871497157 | 26th Amendment (1971) | required all states to set a voting age of no more than 18 years old | 30 | |
| 10871497158 | Activist (Political Activism) | A person who tends to participate on all forms of politics; influential | 31 | |
| 10871497159 | Civil Rights Act of 1964 | banned segregation in public places; banned discrimination in employment | 32 | |
| 10871497160 | Disenfranchise | to take away the right to vote by law or intimidation | 33 | |
| 10871497161 | Grandfather clause | legal method used to exclude whites from poll taxes and literacy tests | 34 | |
| 10871497162 | Literacy test | an arbitrary test used to prevent black citizens from registering to vote (ex. "How many bubbles on a bar of soap?") | 35 | |
| 10871497163 | Minority rights | rights that cannot be taken away, even if a majority of citizens would like to | 36 | |
| 10871497164 | Motor Voter Law of 1993 | made voter registration easier by requiring states to allow people to register to vote when getting or renewing their driver's license | 37 | |
| 10871497165 | Photo ID Voting Requirement | law in some states that requires voters to show a form of identification in order to vote | 38 | |
| 10871497166 | Political efficacy | a person's belief that they can make a difference in the political process | 39 | |
| 10871497167 | Political participation | a variety of ways that citizens choose and influence government policy makers | 40 | |
| 10871497168 | Poll tax | a required payment for voting; used to disenfranchise black citizens | 41 | |
| 10871497169 | Suffrage | the right to vote | 42 | |
| 10871497172 | Voter Registration | citizens must register to vote (fill out form) before they can vote; #1 predictor of whether someone will actually vote | 43 | |
| 10871497170 | Voter Turnout | percentage of voting-age citizens that actually vote in any given election | 44 | |
| 10871497171 | Voting Rights Act of 1965 | abolished literacy tests and all other methods used to deny a person the right to vote on the basis of race or color; it's preclearance requirement on states with histories of discrimination was undone by the Supreme Court | 45 |
