American Values
A shared set of beliefs, customs, and values shaping political behavior
What is political culture?
The process by which individuals acquire their political beliefs.
What is political socialization?
The increased interconnectedness of economies and cultures.
What is globalization?
A poll using a random, representative sample and weighting.
What is a scientific poll?
A poll that asks voters whom they voted for as they leave an event
What is an exit poll?
Value emphasizing personal freedom and minimal government interference.
What is individualism?
The primary agent of political socialization before formal schooling
What is family and home environment?
Hiring external firms or foreign labor to produce goods.
What is outsourcing?
This increases the likelihood that results represent the broader population.
What is random selection?
A poll taken before a campaign to establish a candidate's starting point
What is a benchmark poll?
The economic idea most directly referred to by "laissez-faire"
What is the free market?
Political views changing as individuals pass through different life stages.
What is the life-cycle effect?
An expanded market and access to foreign goods.
What is a benefit of globalization?
Adjusting a sample to match known demographic characteristics.
What is weighting?
What is a tracking poll?
The concept that everyone, including officials, must follow the law.
What is rule of law?
Views shaped by major events experienced by a members of the same age.
What is the generational effect?
Economic displacement for some workers and upward pressure on inequality.
What is a challenge of globalization?
A margin of uncertainty due to sample size or method.
What is sampling error?
A survey conducted as voters arrive at a meeting or event.
What is an entrance poll?
The two principles Federalist No. 51 is primarily used to support.
What are separation of powers and checks and balances?
Scandals, perceived incompetence, and polarization can cause this.
What is the decline in public trust in government?
This term describes international organizations, such as the European Union or the World Trade Organization, which have the authority to make decisions that are binding on member states and can override national laws.
What is a supranational organization?
A group that collects in-depth qualitative reactions from a small group
What is a focus group?
This is likely when relying on volunteers from a partisan site.
What are biased results?