Core Values
This core American value asserts that the legal system must apply equally to all citizens, including elected officials, and that no individual is above the law.
What is Rule of Law?
This social institution remains the primary agent of political socialization for most Americans.
What is the family (or parents)?
This is the scientific method of selection in which each member of the population has an equal chance of being included in a poll
What is random sampling?
This is the difference between party ideology and party identification.
What is party ideology is a focus on a party's philosophy and role of government while party identification is an individual's attachment to a political party
This person wrote the Wealth of Nations.
Who is Adam Smith?
An American who strongly believes that economic success should depend primarily on personal initiative and hard work is demonstrating a belief in this core value.
What is Individualism?
A young adult prioritizing student loan relief while a senior citizen prioritizes Medicare protection is an example of this phenomenon, where priorities shift as people age.
What is a life-cycle effect?
This statistical indicator reflects the expected range of uncertainty in a poll's results, usually expressed as a plus-or-minus percentage (e.g., ±3%).
What is margin of error (or sampling error)?
This party is associated with this ideology that favors more control of social behavior and fewer regulations on businesses
What is the Republican party?
These are 2 issues that are connected to social policy.
What are healthcare, education, civil rights, the environment, abortion, death penalty, gun control, immigration, police action, affirmative action, etc?
This core economic value favors an economic system based on supply and demand with minimal government interference, though citizens often debate the degree of regulation necessary.
What is Free Enterprise?
The tendency for Americans who lived through the Great Depression or the September 11 attacks to share distinct, lifelong political attitudes is known as this type of effect.
What is a generational effect?
These two types of polls are conducted outside polling places on election day to predict outcomes of an election
What are entrance surveys and exit polls?
In regards to the death penalty, this ideology aligns with the view that prioritizes human rights and fairness, emphasizing the risks of wrongful convictions and unequal application of justice.
What is liberalism?
This is the difference between position issues and valence issues
What is position issues are those that divide voters while valance issues are those that most voters agree on?
The core American value that everyone should have an equal chance to compete
What is Equality of Opportunity?
This phenomenon—accelerated by international trade, internet communication, and immigration—has increasingly exposed U.S. political culture to foreign values and policy ideas.
What is Globalization?
A poll asking "Do you support reducing taxes even if it destroys local schools?" suffers from this methodological flaw, rendering its data unscientific.
The 3 main ideologies addressed in Unit 4.
Conservatism, liberalism, and libertarianism.
Identify the two main policies the government uses to manage the economy.
What are fiscal policy and monetary policy?
A military draft shows tension between these two core values
What are ..(varied)
Compare a key difference in political attitudes amongst 2 generations of your choice.
What is... (varied responses)
Describe 2 reasons why a candidate running for office may use public opinion polls
What is
1. to determine initial name recognition
2. To analyze effectiveness of campaign strategy
3. To determine weaknesses of opponent(s)
4. See how potential voters are responding to them
Describe a modern example where a difference in conservatism and liberalism can be seen
What is... (varied responses)
Identify 3 out of the 5 stages of public policy making.
What is agenda setting, policy formulation, policy adoption, policy implementation, and policy evaluation?