Public Opinion & Ideology
Beliefs and attitudes toward different issues, events, and people.
What is public opinion?
The percentage of eligible individuals who actually vote
What is turnout?
This protects the freedom of press in the United States?
What is First Amendment?
The Total of voting members in Congress
What is 535?
the president's power to turn down acts of Congress called?
What is veto?
A cohesive set of beliefs that form a general philosophy about the government.
Compared to other developed countries, voter turnout in the United States is ___
What is lower?
Print and digital forms of communication—including television, newspapers, radio, the internet, and social media sites—that convey information to large audiences
A U.S. senator has a ___ -year term, while a representative has a ___ -year term.
What is SIX and TWO
The highest military authority in the United States
What is the core political value most highly prioritized by American conservatives?
What is liberty
The most important factor in predicting whether an individual votes
What is Education
The concentration of media ownership by a few large corporations
What is media monopoly?
The process of redrawing electoral districts every 10 years
What is redistricting ?
The number of justices on the Supreme Court
What is 9
the process by which political values are formed called?
What is political socialization?
Voter participation rates went up, especially in the South.
What is the impact of Voting Rights Act
The news source reaches the most Americans?
What is Television?
A party member responsible for building support for key issues and counting votes.
What is congressional whip duties?
The government must show a legal cause for holding someone in detention.
What is habeas corpus?
Social institutions, like family and school, that shape an individual's basic political beliefs and values
What are agents of socialization?
This group votes in the largest percentage in elections
What is over 65 or seniors?
When newspapers expose official misconduct, they serve as a ___?
What is Watchdog?
Allows Senate members to prevent a vote by speaking continuously?
What is a filibuster
determines the number of justices on the Supreme Court.
What is Congress?