Political socialization Flashcards
The melting pot
Characterizing united states with its history of immigration and mixing of cultures ideas and people
Public opinion
Distribution of the populations beliefs about politics and policy issues
Minority majority
The situation in which non-Hispanic whites will represent the minority and majority will be other races
Reappointment
The realloccation of the House of Representatives every 10 years based on census numbers
What our problems caused by aging population
Social Security will struggle to work
Political socialization
The process through which you AQUIRE view points politcal view points
Political culture
Widely shared values norms and beliefs
Five elements of American political culture
Equality liberty democracy civil duty individual responsibility
Why does public opinion matter
Because public opinion shakes policy and runs democracy
How do Scientific polls help politian
they can findout what needs to be changed or fixed, what they are doing right or wrong what groups they can see where they stand
What is the bandwagon effect
Supporting a candidate that the majority support
Negative effects of Scientific polls
Can create the bandwagon effect
can have incorrect wording
can be inaccurate and
Exit poll
Asking people how they voted randomly selected
What caused the decline of trust in government and in what time
1960 Vietnam War the Watergate scandal The recession
How are people involved in politics
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Paper petition attend counsel or school board meeting political social issues give money to a political organization distribute to the group information join a protest or March
A press conference
Meeting with the press and reporters
Beats
Pacific location from which news frequently comes from such as Congress or the White House
Trial balloons
Intentional news leaks for assessing political reaction
Soundbite
Short video clip approximately 10 seconds
How does media control policy
show action
they relasee info or keep i
main source
How is media linkage institution
shows Issues like polls ratings protest influences
Policy agenda
Issues that attract serious attention of public officials and other people actively involved in politics
policy entrepreneurs
People who invest their political capital into an issue
policy entrepreneur examples
In or out of government elected
appointed positions
interest groups
research organizations
