Chapter 7 Public Opinion

Question 1

The distribution of individual attitudes towards an issue. candidate, or political institution

Answer 1

Public Opinion

Question 2

There are a variety of different public opinion polls

Answer 2

Measuring Public Opinion

Question 3

Developed the first public opinion poll in 1932

Answer 3

George Gallup

Question 4

Must be representative of the entire population

Answer 4

Representative Sample

Question 5

Everyone in the population has an equal chance of being selected

Answer 5

Random Sample

Question 6

Survey of voters after ballot casting

Answer 6

Exit Polls

Question 7

Helps find out different age or ethnic groups voting

Answer 7

Exit Polls

Question 8

Used to predict winners on election day before polls even close

Answer 8

Exit Polls

Question 9

Loaded or emotional questions

Answer 9

Careful & Objective wording

Question 10

Straw polls are cheap and innacurate

Answer 10

Cost Efficiency

Question 11

Sampling (Margin) Error

Answer 11

Variance between samples

Question 12

The more people asked in a poll…

Answer 12

The smaller the margin of error

Question 13

A type of poll that ask for the people to call in and record opinions

Answer 13

Straw polls

Question 14

Some people care more about certain issues than others

Answer 14

Opinion Saliency

Question 15

Opinions are steady while other issues are more volatile and diverse

Answer 15

Opinion Stability

Question 16

The government is in sync with popular views and sometimes largely not in sync

Answer 16

Opinion-Policy Congruency

Question 17

CAT examples

Answer 17

Race & Ethnicity, Gender, Class, Family, Religion, Age, Education

Question 18

Upper class supports republicans for less taxed
Lower class supports democrats for more government funded programs

Answer 18

Class

Question 19

Who you encounter first with politics

Answer 19

Family

Question 20

Hobby Lobby & Chick-fil-A

Answer 20

Religion

Question 21

Breaking away from the crowd

Answer 21

Cleavage

Question 22

One CAT is more important and separates your from the rest

Answer 22

Cleavage

Question 23

The formation of beliefs and values that begin in your early life and continues into adulthood

Answer 23

Political Socialization

Question 24

The most important source of socialization, genetic background, age

Answer 24

The Family