AP Government: Polls Flashcards

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