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| A distinctive and patterned way of thinking about how political and economic life ought to be carried out. | ||
| Americans believe they should have many rights. | ||
| Americans believe in equality of participation and opportunity, but not economically equal. | ||
| Government should be accountable to the people. | ||
| Americans generally feel people are obligated to participate in civic and political affairs. | ||
| Barring some disability, individuals are responsible for their own actions and well-being. | ||
| Consistent set of views concerning the policies a government ought to pursue. | ||
| The belief that one can affect government policies. | ||
| Relatively absent in the American culture, as most see themselves as middle class. | ||
| The means by which most aspects are political culture are transmitted from generation to generation. | ||
| The capacity to understand and influence political events. | ||
| The ability to understand and take part in political affairs. | ||
| The ability to make the political system respond to the citizenry. | ||
| Many Americans are not very tolerant of groups they dislike. | ||
| Know more about politics and have different views on politics than the masses. Tend to run for office, work on campaigns, and lead social movements. | ||
| Opinions are not stable and reflect the wording of polls and the order in which options are presented. | ||
| A way in which the family forms and transmits political beliefs. This is based on social status and religious tradition. | ||
| Difference in political views between men and women. Men are increasingly Republican since the 1960s. Women have traditionally maintained a Democratic stance. | ||
| The more education you receive, the more liberal you tend to be. The more liberal a school you attended, the more liberal you tend to be. Also increases your rate of political participation. | ||
| The largest group of American voters. | ||
| One who calls for an active national government to intervene in the economy, create social welfare programs, and help groups gain bargaining power. | ||
| Favor free markets, states' rights, and greater reliance on individual choice in economic affairs. | ||
| Conservative on economic matters and liberal on social ones. | ||
| Liberal on economic matters and conservative on social ones. | ||
| Have gone to college, but not graduate school, live in the suburbs, go to church, and vote Republican. | ||
| Post-graduate education, live in or near big cities, are critical of business, have liberal views on social issues, and vote Democrat. | ||
| Have access to the media to shape political issues and state the norms by which issues should be settled. Shape the policies, but not define the problem. | ||
| 2/3rds of the voting-age population is registered and only have of the people vote in Presidential elections. | ||
| Right of African Americans to vote. | ||
| Measure to prevent African Americans from voting, as a failure would result in not being allowed to register to vote. Two tests were given; one to whites and one to blacks. | ||
| Payment in order to vote. Another measure to prohibit African Americans from voting as many could not afford to pay. | ||
| Allowed whites who were illiterate or poor to vote, if his ancestors voted before 1867. | ||
| Gave women the right to vote. Doubled the size of the voting eligible population. | ||
| Gave 18 year-olds the right to vote. | ||
| Gave DC residents the right to vote in presidential elections. | ||
| The percentage of the voting-age population that votes. | ||
| Eligible voters determined by census reports. | ||
| VAP minus those that are aliens, prisoners, former felons who have not had their voting privileges restored. | ||
| The most common form of political participation. | ||
| Those that do little more than vote, politically speaking. Tend to not be well-educated and are substantially older than the average American. | ||
| Vote and get involved in helping in campaigns. Better educated than the average voter and have strong political ties to a party. | ||
| Focus on non-partisan community activities. Form and join organizations to deal with local problems and contact local officials about these problems. | ||
| Do not vote and stay out of elections and campaigns, but are willing to contact local officials about personal problems. | ||
| More schooling, religious involvement, higher social class all increase political participation. |
