AP Gov Ch.10 Raquel Acosta

Question 1

American National Election Studies (ANES)

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Social Science surveys conducted before and after mid term and presidential elections by researchers at Michigan and Stanford since 1952; funded by the national government through the National Science Foundation; include questions about how respondents voted, their party affiliation, and their opinions of major political parties and candidates

Question 2

Conservative

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A person whose political views favor more local, limited govt, less govt regulations, conformity to social norms &values; rough on criminals

Question 3

exit polls

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Polls conducted as voters leave selected polling places on Election Day

Question 4

George Gallup

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An Iowan who is considered the founder of modern-day polling; says polls have played a key role in defining issues of concern to the public, shaping administrative decisions, and helping speed up the process of democracy

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liberal

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A person whose views favor more govt involvement in business, social welfare, minority rights, &increased govt spending

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libertarian

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Those who believe government tries to do to many things that should be left to firms and individuals and who oppose government as an instrument of traditional values

Question 7

margin of error

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A measure of the accuracy of a public opinion poll

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moderate

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Person whose views are between conservative and liberal and may include some of both ideologies

Question 9

political ideology

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A consistent set of beliefs about politics and public policy that sets the framework for evaluation government and public policy

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political socialization

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the process through which individuals acquire their political beliefs

Question 11

population

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all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country

Question 12

public opinion

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What the public thinks about a particular issue or set of issues at any point in time

Question 13

public opinion polls

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interviews or surveys with sample of citizens that ate used to estimate the feelings and beliefs of the entire population

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push polls

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Polls taken for the purpose of providing information on a opponent that would lead respondents to vote against that candidate

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random sampling

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a method of poll selection that gives each person in a group the same chance of being selected

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sample

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A subset of the whole population selected to be questioned for the purposes of gauging opinion

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sampling error

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pollsters may fail to sample certain populations; polls often under represent poorer people

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social conservative

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One who believes that traditional moral teachings should be supported and furthered by the government

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statist

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an advocate of a political system in which the state has substantial centralized control over social and economic affairs

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stratified

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a variation of random sampling; the population is divided into subgroups and weighted based on demographic characteristics of the national government

Question 21

straw polls

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unscientific survey used to gauge public opinion on a variety of issues and policies

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tracking polls

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Continuous survey that enable a campaign or news organization to chart a candidate’s daily rise or fall in support