gov unit 4 vocab Flashcards
political socialization
globalization, generational effects, life cycle, political events
core values
individualism, equal opportunity, free market, rule of law (accountability)
life cycle effects
getting older and its influence on core values
generational effects
age demographics have different priorities; younger would focus on student loans, older would focus on social security etc
public opinion poll
our best friends Gallup and Pew
benchmark poll
general info, taken to assess prior intentions
tracking poll
same question over a period of time
entrance poll
“How do you plan to vote today?”; response bias issues
exit poll
“How did you vote today, and why?”; unreliable
sampling technique
experimental design from stats
sampling error
4% or less considered satisfactory confidence interval margin of error
type and format of questions
skewed working that favors one choice; leading
liberal
wants a strong national government; “equality”
conservative
wants stronger State governments, less government intervention; “religion”
party platforms
news etc, political parties
policy making ideology (econ)
political parties different approaches to taxes
Keynesian economics
government intervention in the economy; more regulation to stabilize free market
supply side theory
no government regulation in free market, extra free; consumers act as regulation
federal reserve
federal government controls inflation and interest rates to control recessions
libertarian
wants individual liberty and a very minimal government; free market economy, less foreign policy, no government regulations
