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A group of people with common goals who organize to influence government.
What is an interest group.
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The ideas and attitudes a significant number of Americans hold about issues.
What is public opinion.
100
A group that seeks policy goals that it believes will benefit the entire nation.
What is a public interest group.
100
One whose beliefs fall somewhere between liberal and conservative views.
What is a moderate.
100
A group surveyed in an opinion poll.
What is the sample.
200
An organization formed to collect money and provide financial support for political candidates.
What is a political action committee.
200
One who believes the federal government should be active in promoting health, education, justice, and equal opportunity.
What is a liberal.
200
One who believes government should be limited, except in supporting traditional values and promoting freedom of opportunity.
What is a conservative.
200
A representative of an interest group who promotes their cause, and seeks to influence government.
What is a lobbyist.
200
A group of people, described by James Madison in the Federalist Papers, united to promote a cause/idea.
What is a faction.
300
An unscientific method to measure public opinion.
What a straw poll.
300
An individual's feelings of his/her effectiveness in politics.
What is political efficacy.
300
Means of communication, such as television, newspapers, movies, books, and the Internet, that influence large audiences.
What is mass media.
300
A set of basic beliefs about life, culture, government, and society.
What is an ideology.
300
A set of shared values and beliefs about a nation and it's government.
What is political culture.
400
In polling, the group of people that are to be studied.
What is the universe.
400
In polling, a group that doesn't accurately represent the larger population.
What is a biased sample.
400
Direct contact made by a lobbyist in order to persuade government officials to support the policies their interest group favors.
What is lobbying.
400
A measurement of how much the sample results may differ from the sample universe.
What is sampling error.
400
The largest and most powerful labor organization today.
What is the AFL-CIO.
500
A polling method that groups people by geographical divisions.
What is a cluster sample.
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A small group of people, typical of the universe, that a pollster questions.
What is a representative sample.
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An individual's close friends, religious group, clubs, or work groups.
What is a peer group.
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A polling technique in which everyone in the "universe" has an equal chance of being selected.
What is random sampling.
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Means by which individuals learn their political beliefs and attitudes from their family, school, friends, and coworkers.
What is political socialization.
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