Public Opinion
Citizens’ Beliefs and
Political Ideology
Political Ideologies and Public Policy
100

Which polls measure public opinion

Opinion polls

100

The belief in the fundamental worth and importance of the individual.

Individualism

100

What party is conservative?

Republicans

200

The 1st poll to occur during a presidential campaign

Benchmark poll

200

The principle of a government that establishes laws that apply equally to all members of society.

Rule of Law

200

Issues that divide the public

Wedge Issues

300

The time in which a new presidents approval rating is high

"Honeymoon period"

300

The process by which you develop political beliefs.

Political socialization

300
Issues that have intense importance have a high what?

Saliency

400

What is the simplest but most perplexing problem in public opinion polling?

Non-attitudes

400

A government that is kept under control by law and by checks and balances and the separation of powers.

Limited government

400
What party did the progressive movement emerge from?

Republican party.

500

What group evaluates the reliability of a poll?

National Council on Public Polls (NCPP)

500

Millennials’ political socialization was affected by the September 11 attacks by al-Qaeda terrorists, showing most clearly which effect on the formation of political views?

Generational effect.

500

Libertarian, populist, and progressive party's are all considered to be off the what?

Line of political ideology.

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