Unit 3 Test Flashcards
Public Opinion
A diversity of opinion within a particular population
Political opinions that exist but have not been fully expressed
Latency
A widely shared and held view
Manifest opinion
The biggest change in public perception following 9/11 is the increase of Americans not willing to
Trust the national government
This state is usually ignored in polling for presidential elections
NY
Arose in response to concerns about voting abuses
Registration
The secret ballot printed by the state used to help ensure voter regularity is the
Australian ballot
In 2004 voter turnout
Decreased
Canvassing
The process by which campaigners learn about the issue positions of potential voters
Socialization
The way in which we come to see society and ourselves and learn to interact with others
Nationalism
Consciousness of the nation state and belonging to it
Attitudes
Individual;s propensity to perceive a particular object
Selective exposure
People pick media with which they agree
Attentive public
People who know and understand how the government works
Political know nothings
Rarely interested in politics and seldom vote
Part time citizens
Vote in presidential elections but not in others
Random sample
Every individual has a known and equal chance of being elected
Panel surveys
Interviewing the same sample more than once to t rack opinion change
Latency
Political opinions that are held but not yet expressed
Salience
An individual’s belief that an issue is important/relevant
24th Amendment
Banned poll taxes
National Voting Rights Act
Outlawed the use of literacy test
General elections
Elections in which voters elect office holders
Primary elections
Elections in which voters determine party nominees
Special elections
Replace members of the House of Reps who have died or left office
Presidential elections
Elections held in years when the president is on the ballot
Midterm elections
Elections held midway between presidential elections
Off year elections
Elections held in odd numbered calendar years
Banking the vote
Mobilizing voters to vote early to reduce people needed to mobilize on election day
26th Amendment
Lowered voter age to 18 (decreased voter turnout because young people are least likely to vote)
Wedge issues
Issues that motivate particular segments of the electorate to vote and on which the opposing candidates has a less popular position
Prospective issue voting
Voting based on what a candidate pledges to do
Retrospective issue voting
Voting based on what a candidate did in office
Provisional ballots
Ballots cast by people not on the voter registration list but who are registered
Interest articulation
Way for citizens to express their needs
Protest
Spontaneous gathering of outraged ghetto dwellers
Anomic groups
Spontaneous groups that form suddenly when many people response similarly to frustration
Wildcat strikes
Spontaneous strike actions by local workers, not organized actions by national unions
Non-associational groups
Groups that are based on common interests and are not organized; episodic activity
Associational group
Group formed explicitly to represent the interests of a particular group
Voter turnout in presidential elections was
Highest in the late 1800s
Civil Society
A society in which people are involved in social and political interactions free of state control or regulation
