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Unit II: Political Beliefs And Behaviors Flashcards

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Attentive Public

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The segment of the public that pays attention to news about an issue and cares about what happens with that issue

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Political Culture

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The set of attitudes, beliefs and sentiments that give order and meaning to a political process and which provide the underlying assumptions and rules that govern behavior in the political system

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Individualism

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The segment of the public that pays attention to news about an issue and cares about what happens with that issue

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Egalitarianism

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Of, relating to, or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities

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Equal Opportunity

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The policy of treating employees and others without discrimination, especially on the basis of their sex, race, or age

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Equal Outcome

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A political concept which is central to some political ideologies and is used regularly in political discourse, often in contrast to the term equality of opportunity

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Liberty

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The segment of the public that pays attention to news about an issue and cares about what happens with that issue

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Culture War

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The segment of the public that pays attention to news about an issue and cares about what happens with that issue

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Ideology

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A system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy

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Political Spectrum

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A system of classifying different political positions upon one or more geometric axes that symbolize independent political dimensions

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Liberal

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One who favors maximum individual liberty in political and social reform

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Conservative

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A person who is averse to change and holds to traditional values and attitudes

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Libertarian

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A person who advocates civil liberty

A person who believes in the doctrine of free will

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Moderate

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A person who holds moderate views

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Radical

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A person who advocates thorough or complete political or social reform

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Reactionary

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Someone who opposes political or social liberalization or reform

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Progressive

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A person advocating or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas

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Populist

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A member or adherent of a political party seeking to represent the interests of ordinary people

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Gender Gap

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The discrepancy in opportunities, status, attitudes, etc., between men and women

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Political Socialization

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A lifelong process by which people form their ideas about politics and acquire political values

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Selective Perception

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The process by which individuals perceive what they want in media passages while ignoring opposing viewpoints

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Crosscutting Cleavages

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When groups on one cleavage overlap among groups on another cleavage

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Political Efficacy

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The citizens’ faith and trust in government and their belief that they can understand and influence political affairs

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Activist

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A person who campaigns for some kind of social change

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Civil Disobedience

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The refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest

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Protest

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A statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something

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Suffrage/Franchise

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The right to vote

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Position Issue

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An issue dividing the electorate on which rival parties adopt different policy positions to attract voters

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Valence Issue

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An issue on which voters distinguish rival parties by the degree they associate each party or candidate with goals or conditions that the electorate usually agrees/disagrees on

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Retrospective Voting

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Voting for or against a candidate or party in office because one likes or dislikes how things have gone in the recent past

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Prospective Voting

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Voting for a candidate because one favors his or her ideas for addressing issues after the election

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15th Amendment

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Prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based in that citizen’s “race, color, or previous condition of servitude”

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17th Amendment

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Established the popular election of United States Senators by the people of the states

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19th Amendment

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Prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote in the basis of sex

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23rd Amendment

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Extends the right to vote in the presidential election to citizens residing in the District of Columbia by granting the District electors in the Electoral College, as if it were a state

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24th Amendment

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Abolished the poll tax for all federal elections

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26th Amendment

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Prohibits the states and the federal government from using age as a reason for denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States who are at least 18 years old

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Voter Registration

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The requirement of citizens to become registered in order to vote

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Motor Voter Law

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National Voter Registration Act of 1993: Designed to reverse declining voter registration by allowing voters to register at motor vehicle departments

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The Electorate

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All the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election

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Voting Rights Act (1965)

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Aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment

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Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act (1984)

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Improved access for handicapped and elderly individuals to registration facilities and polling places for Federal elections

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Help America Vote Act (2002)

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Federal law that makes the voting process more inclusive and accessible so that more Americans will become registered and participate in elections

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Demography

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The study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations

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The Census

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An official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals

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Melting Pot

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A place where different peoples, styles,theories, etc., are mixed together

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Minority-Majority

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A term used to refer to a jurisdiction which one or more racial and/or ethnicity

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Aging Popultion

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A phenomenon that curs when the median age of a country or region increase due to to rising life expectancy and/or declining fertility rates

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Reinforcing Cleavages

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Opposite of Crosscutting cleavages

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Poll

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The process of voting in an election

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Public Opinion

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Views prevalent among the general public

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Sample

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A small part or quantity intended to show that the whole is like

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Random Sampling

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A method of selecting for a statistical population in such a way that every possible sample that could be selected has a predetermined probability of being selecting

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Sampling error

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Error Ina statistical analysis arising from the unrepresentativeness of the sample taken

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Random-Digit Dialing

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A method for selecting people for involvement in tepelephone statistical surveys by generating

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Exit Poll

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A poll of people leaving a polling place, asking how they voted

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Gallup Polll

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An assessment of public opinion by questioning of a statistically representative sample

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Saliency

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The state or quality by which it stands out relative to its neighbors

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Intensity

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The quality of being intense

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Stability

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The state of being stable

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