Chapter 3 Concepts

Question 1

Who are your senators?

Answer 1

Debbie Stabnow and Gary Peters

Question 2

Who are your representatives?

Answer 2

Sander Levin

Question 3

What does good public opinion polling entail?

Answer 3

Comprehensible questions and fairly worded questions

Question 4

What are exit polls and when might they be unreliable?

Answer 4

Polls that sample people right after they vote and they can be unreliable because many people don’t want to take polls so it’s not as random

Question 5

The 8 stages of the election

Answer 5

1. The announcement 2. Campaign in parties 3. Primaries and caucuses 4. The national convention 5. Campaign for general election 6. General Election 7. Electoral vote 8. Inauguration

Question 6

What is the role of delegates in our primary elections?

Answer 6

Make a clear-cut winner and serve as a formality

Question 7

What are the different kinds of delegates, and how is delegate allocation done for each state?

Answer 7

Pledged and un-pledged delgates; either a winner take all system or proportional

Question 8

Explain the most important role that media plays, setting the public agenda

Answer 8

They decide what news to broadcast and what to ignore

Question 9

What choice do most Americans make that limits the media’s ability to change public opinion?

Answer 9

Americans watch the news that goes with their political beliefs

Question 10

What economic motive do news agencies have to avoid biased reporting?

Answer 10

Represent both sides of a story in an article or report