Key Terms
Voting and the Electorate
Politicians and Polling
Political Ideology
Political Participation
100

The core belief that citizens each have an equal chance of choice and success in their country

What is equality of opportunity?

100

Established the age requirement on voting of 18 years or older

What is the 26th amendment?

100
Candidates use these to understand public preferences
What are polls?
100
Political ideology that promotes a stronger central government and a wide scope for the central government.
What is the liberal ideology
100

One of the strongest agents of political socialization that will predict how a person will vote

What are family?

200

the core belief that all citizens are held to the same standards of rules and laws

What is rule of law?

200

Eliminated poll taxes

What is the 24th Amendment?

200
People support a candidate because they see others are supporting them.
What is the bandwagon effect?
200

This age based demographic of people tend to identify themselves more with the liberal ideology over the conservative ideology.

What are younger people.

200

Choosing candidates based on future promise and considerations 

What is prospective voting?

300
The process through which individuals in society acquire political attitudes, views, and knowledge, based on inputs from family, schools, the media and others
What is political socialization?
300

Believing that your vote matters and you can influence change in political and social life

What is political efficacy?

300
Phenomena seen in most Presidential terms in which the President ends with a lower approval rating than when they started.
What are falling approval ratings.
300

This gender based demographic is more likely to support spending on social services, oppose higher levels of military spending, and support the liberal ideology.

Who are women?

300

choosing candidates solely based on party affiliation

What is party line voting?

400
Relatively small proportion of people who are chosen in a survey so as to be representative of the whole group being studied.
What is a sample?
400

Eliminated literacy tests, discriminatory laws on voting, and established federal oversight into states who historically discriminate against voters

What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

400

The practice of keeping stats and comparing who's winning and losing in the polls prior to elections

What is horserace journalism?

400

Party in government that believes the scope of American Government has become too broad and expensive.

What is Republican party?

400

Name two forms of political participation other than voting

What is petitions, marches/rallies/protest, party participation, campaign contributions

500

A voter chooses candidates based on the past performance of the candidate

What is retrospective voting?

500

Low political efficacy, Voter ID laws, poor candidate choices, voter registration laws, and weekday voting are all reasons for this

What is low voter turnout?

500

Often misrepresents public opinion data due to individuals answering poll questions as they think society would answer them

What is social desirability bias?

500

Beliefs the sole purpose of government is to make laws and rules to protect the free market; the government should stay out of social life and the economy

Who are libertarians?

500

Choosing candidates and policies that in the individuals best interests

What is rational choice voting?

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