Public opinion
the collective attitudes citizens have about political issues, officials, institutions, and events.
What is public opinion?
Scientific polls
What kind of polls use random sampling controls to ensure the poll statistically represents a population?
private companies who conduct polls
What are pollsters?
The percentage of eligible individuals who cast a ballot in an election.
What is a voter turnout?
Public financing and private donations
What are the two ways the money comes from to fund the campaign finances?
Veracity
What is it when the degree to which the data can be depended on to be accurate or truthful?
Sampling, questions, and methodology
What do the reliability and veracity of a poll depend on?
polls conducted immediately after the voters have exited the polling stations.
What are exit polls?
Voter turnout
What is one of the ways "the people" participate in the government?
Money given directly to candidates where limits and regulations apply
What is hard money?
Straw poll, push poll, and scientific polls
What are 3 kinds of polls?
tracking polls, entrance polls, exit polls
What are examples of scientific polls?
selection bias
What occurs when there is a different probability of selection of one demographic group that the research did not anticipate?
higher income
What do studies show that people with more education have?
$1000
What is the limit on contribution for individual donations?
scientific and unscientific
what or the two types of polls?
Benchmark poll
In a tracking poll, what is the first poll in the series called?
higher confidence in the accuracy of the results
What does a low margin of error indicate?
25%
What is the percentage that people didnt vote because they did not like the candidates?
Political action committee
What does PAC stand for?
an informal, unscientific poll using convenience sampling to predict the outcome of an election.
What is a straw poll?
Entrance polls
What type of poll is considered to have a low margin of error?
margin of error
What is the estimated variance in accuracy of poll or survey results?
15th amendment
Which amendment protected the right of former slaves to vote, expanding suffrage to millions of African Americans?
Political donations given to the party that can avoid government regulations.
What is soft money?