Unit 2 Flashcards
1
Q
How do we form our political opinion
A
family, education, race, ethnicity, gender, religion
2
Q
agenda setting
A
designating some issues as important and ignoring others
3
Q
framing
A
media has the power to influence how a story is interpreted
4
Q
priming
A
making some criteria more important than others.
5
Q
internal mobilization
A
factions that develop within the government like MAGA
6
Q
external mobilization
A
factions created outside trying to sway a political party
7
Q
Gerrymandering
A
districts are redrawn to favor the political party in power
8
Q
ballot initiatives
A
proposed law or policy is placed for the people to vote on directly
9
Q
referendum
A
the proposed law passed by legislature is voted on for approval or rejection.
