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Political Ideologies and Beliefs Flashcards

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Political Ideologies

Conservative

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  • Believe that government should be involved in the social/moral decisions of society.
  • Believe that the government should leave the economic decisions to the individual.
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Political Ideologies

Liberal

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  • Believe that it’s the government’s responsibility to respond to the economic needs of the people.
  • Believe that it is not the government’s responsibility to dictate the social/moral decisions of society.
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Political Ideologies

Moderate

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  • Do not have strong feelings about politics
  • May take a more pragmatic approach
  • May have views that span both liberal and conservative depending on the topic
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Political Ideologies

Libertarian

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  • Believe government’s only job is to protect us and our property.
  • IT is not the government’s job to provide for us financially or to tell us how to behave morally in our private lives.
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Political Ideologies

Statist

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Believe government should strongly control both moral and economic decisions for the people.

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Political Ideologies

Valence Issues

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Issues in which the public largely agrees upon but the methods of addressing those issues differ greatly.

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Political Ideologies

Wedge Issues

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Issues that divide us sharply in our views, such as abortion and the death penalty.

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Political Ideologies

Saliency

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Political Importance

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Political Ideologies

Political Socialization

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How we become acquainted with politics. Factors such as family, education and religion contribute to our socialization.

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Political Ideologies

Baby Boomers

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  • Born from 1946-1964, creating a huge swell in the population after WWII.
  • As they have begun to retire, the needs of the elderly population are becoming more and more important in politics.
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Political Ideologies

Silent Generation

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  • The elderly.
  • They aren’t as active in day to day politics but they vote in the biggest percentages of any age group.
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Public Opinion

Benchmark Polls

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Used to gather general information about people’s views and concerns.

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Public Opinion

Tracking Polls

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Ask people same/similar questions over a period of time to track changes in opinion.

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Public Opinion

Exit Polls

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Conducted outside of voting places to ask people how they voted.

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Public Opinion

Representative Sample

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A smaller group of people whose diversity reflects the overall community being polled.

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Public Opinion

Random Sample

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A collection of people for a poll where any person would have the same chance of being selected as any other person.

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Public Opinion

Weighting/Stratification

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A balancing of poll results giving higher value to groups that were underrepresented in the poll.

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Public Opinion

Sampling Error

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Evaluates the difference in results of multiple polls.

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Public Opinion

Margin of Error

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  • An amount (usually small) that is allowed for in case of miscalculation or change of circumstances.
  • This is NOT to be confused with a mistake. It is the acceptable expected variation if a poll is repeated multiple times based on statistical probability.
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Public Opinion

Push Polls

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Polls that seek to direct people toward a viewpoint instead of asking for the viewpoint of the person being polled.

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Public Opinion

Bandwagon Effect

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A shift of support for a candidate based on public opinion (everyone wants to vote for “the winner”).

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Public Opinion

Social Desirabillity Bias

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When people tell pollsters what they believe the pollsters want to hear as in attempt to not seem biased. (ex: refusing to criticize a minority candidate for fear of being considered racist)

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Public Opinion

Pollster

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A person who conducts or analyzes public opinion polls.

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Public Opinion

Focus Groups

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A demographically diverse group of people assembled to participate in a guided discussion about or to provide ongoing feedback on a political campaign.

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Public Opinion

Pundit

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A person who offers to mass media their opinion or commentary on a particular subject area.

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Public Opinion

Demographics

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Statistics that describe a group of people (ex. Mr Miller’s ninth grade AP government class for 2021-2022).

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