Political opinion and participation

Question 1

litigation

Answer 1

the process of taking legal action

Question 2

partisan

Answer 2

having your identity tied to a political party

Question 3

partisan segregation

Answer 3

choice of where to live based on partisan segregation

Question 4

demographic

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Reasons for Republican increase on Texas-Mexico border

Answer 5

• working-class people and employment rates
• voted for personal economics
• many were border patrol or police

Question 6

Reasons for South Florida going Republican

Answer 6

Cuban, Puerto Rican demographics

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

Question 7

Democrats more or less likely to signal what they believe

Answer 7

more

Question 8

Impacts of bubbles

Answer 8

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

Question 9

enumerate

Answer 9

establish the numbers of

Question 10

Americans have different views, but still

Answer 10

value democracy

Question 11

Three major differences across countries

Answer 11

constitutional, demographic, cultural

Question 12

political culture

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Why did America’s democracy work?

Answer 13

political culture

Question 14

Alexis de Tocqueville

Answer 14

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

Question 15

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

Question 16

How do we know Americans share beliefs

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analyzing what hits- books, slogans, etc.

polls currently

Question 17

conflict today

Answer 17

still happens but does not obscure the underlying level of agreement

Question 18

economic system of America

Answer 18

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

Question 19

example of political culture

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

Question 20

political ideology

Answer 20

where you stand on certain public policies

Question 21

Public

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government

Question 22

examples of civic duty

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jury duty, voting, paying taxes, etc.

Question 23

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.

Question 24

voting-age population (VAP)

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

Question 25

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

Question 26

registered voters

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people who are registered to vote

Question 27

generalizations about political participation

Answer 27

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

Question 28

literacy tests

Answer 28

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

Question 29

poll tax

Answer 29

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

Question 30

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

Question 31

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

Question 32

voting right acts of 1965

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restricted literacy tests

Question 33

voting right acts of 1970

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allowed younger people to vote

Question 34

nineteenth amendment 1920

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allowed women to vote

Question 35

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

Question 36

activists

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people who tend to participate in all forms of politics

Question 37

opinion saliency

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people care more about certain issues more than other people do

Question 38

opinion stability

Answer 38

measure of the volatility of certain issues or choices

Question 39

genes play a role in __, not ___

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political ideology, political affiliation

Question 40

gender cap

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difference in political views between men and women

Question 41

political ideology

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

Question 42

measure extent of PI in two ways

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frequency of using broad categories | accuracy on prediction of opinion

Question 43

three reasons self-identification surveys don't work

Answer 43

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

Question 44

typology

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mass ideologies

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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

Question 47

norm

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a standard of right or proper conduct

Question 48

who runs elections

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state- TPM legislature

Question 49

tpm clause

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time, place, manner, decided by legislature

Question 50

institutional reasons to not vote

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1. Non-citizen or felon voting restrictions 2. Tuesday voting day- not a national holiday 3. Limited or no early voting 4. Location and polling places 5. Mail-in or absentee voting limits 6. Limits on day-of registration Age requirements

Question 51

noninstitutional reasons to not vote

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1. Low civic efficacy 2. Too busy 3. Not interested in politics 4. Don't like candidates Forget to register or to request absentee ballot

Question 52

federal law

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congress made the law

Question 53

reasons for decreased voter turnout in mid-terms

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less interest, less media

Question 54

political socialization

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process by which background traits influence one's political views

Question 55

factors affecting political socialization

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

Question 56

partisanship is ___ with more ___ showing

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fading, independents

Question 57

random sample

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

Question 58

exit polls

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

Question 59

poll

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a survey of public opinion

Question 60

public opinion

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refers to how people think or feel about particular things

Question 61

Civil Rights Movement times

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60s, MLK 68'

Question 62

Nixon Scandal times

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74'

Question 63

Vietnam War times

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started in 64'/65'