Chapter 6, Lecture 4
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| Citizen's attitudes about political issues, leaders, institutions, and events | ||
| Sample must be representative of the population otherwise you get a sampling error | ||
| Young, Old Reflection of ethnic diversity Females and males College-educated/ non college-educated Rural or Urban Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim, non-believers...etc Western, Eastern Liberal, Conservative Democrat, Republican Wealthy, Poor, Middle-class And many more differences can be accounted for in a sample | ||
| How one shapes opinion about political issues and events - beliefs | ||
| A specific preference on a particular issue - an opinion | ||
| Individual's views about the fundamental nature of human beings, society, and economy; taken together, they comprise the political culture | ||
| Individualism Private Property and Private Enterprise Distrust of Government Citizenship and the Nature of Political Order Populism Religious Belief | ||
| A scientific method of selection for a poll in which each member of the population has an equal chance at being included in the sample | ||
| A method by which pollsters structure a sample so that it is representative of the characteristics of the target population | ||
| A process of random sampling in which the national population is divided into fourths and certain areas within these regions are selected as representative of the national population | ||
| Also called margin of error; a statistical calculation of the difference in results between a poll of a randomly drawn sample and a poll of the entire population | ||
| Measure changes in public opinion over the course of days, weeks, months, or years by repeatedly asking respondents the same questions to measure changes in their responses | ||
| Conducted at polling places on Election Day to determine the winner of an election before the polls close | ||
| A special type of poll that both provides information to campaigns about candidate strengths and weaknesses and attempts to skew public opinion about a candidate | ||
| The Economy Wars Gas Prices Health Care Immigration Terrorism | ||
| Government Private Groups Media -These forces seek to interpret, manage, and sometimes try to change public opinion. | ||
| The process by witch we develop our political values and opinions throughout our lives | ||
| Occurs when a child learns the attitudes, values and actions appropriate to individuals as members of a particular culture. | ||
| Refers to the process of learning what is appropriate behavior as a member of a smaller group within the larger society. | ||
| The measurable difference in the way women and men vote for candidates and in the way they view political issues | ||
| Tend to identify as Democrats and to support social programs, are opposed to violence, opposed to capital punishment and armed engagements | ||
| Abortion |
