Public Opinion

Question 1

What is public opinion?

Answer 1

Distribution of individual preferences for or evaluations of a given issue, candidate, or institution within a specific population.

Question 2

What is a random sample?

Answer 2

Every individual has a known and equal chance of being selected. (Not just one specific type of person)

Question 3

What is the margin of error?

Answer 3

Range of percentage points in which sample accurately reflects population.

Question 4

What is a universe?

Answer 4

A group of people who’s preferences we try to measure by taking a sample.

Question 5

What is latency?

Answer 5

Political opinions that are held but not yet expressed.

Question 6

What is manifest opinion?

Answer 6

Widely shared and consciously held view.

Question 7

What is intensity?

Answer 7

How strongly individual holds opinion.

Question 8

What is salience?

Answer 8

The relevancy or importance of an issue to an individual.

Question 9

What is a panel survey?

Answer 9

Survey that tracks opinion change.

Question 10

What is liberalism?

Answer 10

Belief that government can bring justice and equality of opportunity.

Question 11

What does the 15th amendment do?

Answer 11

African Americans right to vote.

Question 12

What does the 19th amendment do?

Answer 12

Woman right to vote.

Question 13

What does the 23rd amendment do?

Answer 13

District of Columbia given electoral votes

Question 14

What does the 24th amendment do?

Answer 14

Outlaws poll tax

Question 15

What does the 26th amendment do?

Answer 15

Teens 18 and older can vote.

Question 16

What does the Dawes Act do?

Answer 16

Regulates Native American’s rights (including right to vote)

Question 17

What does the voting rights act do?

Answer 17

Prohibits racial discrimination in voting.

Question 18

What are the 5 reasons why we don’t vote?

Answer 18

Certain groups not allowed to vote
Registration too difficult
We have to vote too often
Don’t pay attention/care
Lack of identifying parties with power

Question 19

What did the mother voter bill do?

Answer 19

Attempt to increase voter turnout

Question 20

What is voter fatigue?

Answer 20

Belief that any one vote from a person won’t make a difference.

Question 21

What was the Australian ballot?
Why did it decrease voter turnout?

Answer 21

No one knows who you voted for, so you don’t get the rewards of the party or whoever you voted for.

Question 22

What are the 4 solutions to less voter turnout?

Answer 22

Compulsory voting/registration
Rank choice voting
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