Chapter 11 Public Opinion and Political Socialization

Question 0

Interviews or surveys with samples of citizens that are used to estimate the feelings and beliefs of the entire population

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Public opinion polls

Question 1

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

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Public opinion

Question 2

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

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Straw poll

Question 3

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

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Sample

Question 4

Polls conducted as voters leave selected polling places on Election Day.

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Exit polls

Question 5

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

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Tracking polls

Question 6

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

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Push polls

Question 7

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

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Random sampling

Question 8

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

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Stratified sampling

Question 9

A measure of accuracy of a public opinion poll

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Margin of error

Question 10

The process through which individuals acquire their political beliefs and values.

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Political socialization