Public Opinion
Citizens’ attitudes about political issues, personalities, institutions, and events.
Public Opinion
The process by which political parties select their candidates for election to public office.
Nomination
An attempt by a group to influence the policy process through persuasion of government officials is known as
Lobbying
Where people aged 18-29 primarily get their news media from
Social Meida
This is the most crucial demographic factor in predicting U.S. party affiliation, dividing the electorate sharply.
Race
The Political Ideology that most Americans subscribe to
Centrist/Moderate
A primary election in which only those voters who have registered their affiliation with the party by a specified time before the election can participate.
Closed primary
Allows proposed laws to be placed on the general election ballot and submitted directly to voters, thus bypassing the state legislature and governor.
Initiative
Journalists tend to be more ____ ideologically
Liberal
The name of the pro-Israel group that has put money into defeating anti-Israel candidates
AIPAC
A polling error in which the sample is not representative of the population being studied, so that some opinions are over/under represented
Selection Bias
A partisan who contributes time and energy beyond voting to support a party and its candidates
Party activist
These political financing groups were established after the 1971 Federal Elections Campaign Act, and were formed to regulate how businesses, unions, and other organizations make political contributions
Political Action Committees (PACs)
How the media influences which issues we think are most important when it comes to evaluating political candidates
Priming
When respondents mislocated Ukraine on a map, they were more likely to support this type of U.S. action in Ukraine.
Military Action
A poll in which respondents are selected at random from a list of 10-digit telephone numbers, with every effort made to avoid bias in the construction of the sample
What party system is the following: Republicans built a base with white southerners and evangelicals, while Democrats built a base with unionized workers, intellectuals, and minorities.
6th Party system (1968-)
One form of public lobbying (hint: there are at least 3)
Advertising, lobbying, or protest
How the media signals to the public what we should be thinking and worried about
Agenda Setting
According to congressional research, candidates with this trait are often thought to possess qualities like honesty, integrity, and competence.
Prior-elected experience
Costs too much to stay fully informed, limited time and energy for political engagement, and Reliance on “cheap” info leads to a term called:
Rational Ignorance
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the local party organization that controlled local politics through patronage and the nomination process
Party Machine
This Supreme Court Case allowed unlimited political donations from corporations and labor unions
Citizens United v. FEC
How the media presents information to shape how people think about an issue
Framing
Names of the candidates who are members of the "squad" and were ousted by AIPAC-supported candidates
Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman