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Political opinion and participation Flashcards

1
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litigation

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the process of taking legal action

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partisan

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having your identity tied to a political party

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partisan segregation

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choice of where to live based on partisan segregation

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demographic

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race, age, income, or other characteristic of a person

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Reasons for Republican increase on Texas-Mexico border

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  • working-class people and employment rates
  • voted for personal economics
  • many were border patrol or police
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Reasons for South Florida going Republican

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Cuban, Puerto Rican demographics

Immigrants escaped socialist-like governments and saw democrats as socialists (Sanders)

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Democrats more or less likely to signal what they believe

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more

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Impacts of bubbles

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  • make assumptions
  • demonize people
  • don’t know why they do what they do
  • only see one perspective
  • impossible to emphasize
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enumerate

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establish the numbers of

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10
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Americans have different views, but still

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value democracy

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Three major differences across countries

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constitutional, demographic, cultural

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political culture

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a patterned and sustained way of thinking about how economic life ought to be carried out

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13
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Why did America’s democracy work?

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political culture

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Alexis de Tocqueville

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young French aristocrat who came to the US to study the prison system. Wrote the brilliant Democracy in America, a profound analysis of political culture

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five elements in American view of political system

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  • Liberty- preoccupied by rights, freedom
  • Equality- equal vote and equal chance to participate/succeed
  • Democracy- officials accountable to people
  • Civic duty- take part in community
  • Individual responsibility- responsibility for own actions and well-being
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How do we know Americans share beliefs

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analyzing what hits- books, slogans, etc.

polls currently

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17
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conflict today

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still happens but does not obscure the underlying level of agreement

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economic system of America

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equality translates… but… limit to freedoms in economics and American tolerate more inequality with economics

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example of political culture

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Swedes and Americans- Swedes not involved, Americans are, similar constitution

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political ideology

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where you stand on certain public policies

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Public

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government

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examples of civic duty

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jury duty, voting, paying taxes, etc.

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political participation

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many different ways that people take part in politics and government: voting or trying to influence others to vote, joining a political party or giving money to a candidates for office, keeping informed about government, etc.

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voting-age population (VAP)

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citizens who are eligible to vote after reaching the minimum age requirement

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voting-eligible population (VEP)

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citizens who have reached the minimum age to be eligible to vote, excluding those who are not legally permitted to cast a ballot

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registered voters

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people who are registered to vote

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generalizations about political participation

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younger voters less likely to vote
greater convenience has not impacted voter rates
rates at midterms worse than general elections

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literacy tests

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a requirement that citizens show they can read before registering to vote

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poll tax

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a requirement that citizens pay tax in order to register to vote

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grandfather clause

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a clause in registration laws allow people who do not meet registration requirements to vote if they or their ancestors had voted before 1867

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white primary

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the practice of keeping blacks from voting in the southern states primaries through arbitrary use of registration requirements and intimidation

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voting right acts of 1965

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restricted literacy tests

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voting right acts of 1970

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allowed younger people to vote

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nineteenth amendment 1920

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allowed women to vote

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Australian ballot

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government printed ballot of uniform dimensions to be cast in secret that many states adopted around 1890 to reduce voting fraud associated with party-printed ballots cast in public

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activists

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people who tend to participate in all forms of politics

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opinion saliency

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people care more about certain issues more than other people do

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opinion stability

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measure of the volatility of certain issues or choices

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genes play a role in __, not ___

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political ideology, political affiliation

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gender cap

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difference in political views between men and women

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political ideology

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a more or less consistent set of beliefs about what policies government ought to pursue

42
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measure extent of PI in two ways

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frequency of using broad categories

accuracy on prediction of opinion

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three reasons self-identification surveys don’t work

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don’t view ideologically
choose positions without consistency
hide what they actually think (social/moral)

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typology

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mass ideologies

45
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political elites

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persons with a disproportionate share of political power

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reaons for consistency with elites

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  1. information

2. peers

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norm

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a standard of right or proper conduct

48
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who runs elections

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state- TPM legislature

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tpm clause

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time, place, manner, decided by legislature

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institutional reasons to not vote

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  1. Non-citizen or felon voting restrictions
    1. Tuesday voting day- not a national holiday
    2. Limited or no early voting
    3. Location and polling places
    4. Mail-in or absentee voting limits
    5. Limits on day-of registration
      Age requirements
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noninstitutional reasons to not vote

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  1. Low civic efficacy
    1. Too busy
    2. Not interested in politics
    3. Don’t like candidates
      Forget to register or to request absentee ballot
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federal law

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congress made the law

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reasons for decreased voter turnout in mid-terms

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less interest, less media

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political socialization

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process by which background traits influence one’s political views

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factors affecting political socialization

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religion, genes and the family, gender gap, social class, race and ethnicity, region

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partisanship is ___ with more ___ showing

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fading, independents

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random sample

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method of selecting from a population in which each person has an equal probability of being selected

58
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exit polls

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polls based on interviews conducted on election day with randomly selected voters

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poll

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a survey of public opinion

60
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public opinion

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refers to how people think or feel about particular things

61
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Civil Rights Movement times

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60s, MLK 68’

62
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Nixon Scandal times

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74’

63
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Vietnam War times

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started in 64’/65’

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