Chapter 10 and 11 - Public Opinion, Political Knowledge, Voting

Question 1

Whiskey Parade

Answer 1

• Party to go Vote

- 80%-90% turnout

Question 2

Who ended Whiskey Parade

Answer 2

Mug Wumps

Question 3

Austrlian Ballet

Answer 3

• Ballet we use today
• Voting info secret
• All name of canadates on ballet

Question 4

Side effects of Austrlian Ballet

Answer 4

• Turnout droped

Question 5

Why does Political Know How not matter in USA

Answer 5

• Demand: alot of effort to know how goverment works
• Weak partys: Party very similar and you can just vote by party
• Geopolitical: not located near other serious threats or powers

Question 6

Political Opinion

Answer 6

Opinions held by people that goverment finds important

Question 7

George Gallop

Answer 7

-Created the Gallup Poll

Question 8

Sampleing error

Answer 8

Asking the wrong people? wrong questions/ asking bad questions

Question 9

Push Polling

Answer 9

Poll desighned to influen your opinion, not measure it

Question 10

Cognative Dissonance

Answer 10

Bias

Question 11

Agency Loss

Answer 11

Politicans have power to be corrupt but theyre kept in line by elections

Question 12

Does your vote matter

Answer 12

No
- Matter more in smaller electins
_ margens are usually big eneough that a single vote does not matter

Question 13

How to predict if people will vote

Answer 13

P*B+D>C

Probability * Benefits + Duty > Cost

Question 14

The Mirale of Aggreation

Answer 14

Though no one guess correctly the average is almost exactly right