Political Culture & Socialization
Belief that individuals are responsible for their own decisions and well-being.
Answer: What is individualism?
Survey conducted after voters leave the polling place.
Answer: What is an exit poll?
Supports active government in promoting equality and regulation.
Answer: What is liberalism?
The total value of goods and services produced in a country in a year.
Answer: What is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
economic policy in which many economic decisions are left to individuals and businesses, with the government regulating economic activity.
Answer: What is a mixed economy?
Principle that no one is above the law?
Answer: What is rule of law?
Initial poll to gauge support at the start of a campaign.
Answer: What is a benchmark poll?
Supports limited government and traditional values.
Answer: What is conservatism?
The government’s use of taxing and spending to influence the economy.
Answer: What is fiscal policy?
a party’s philosophy about the proper role of government and its consistent set of positions on major issues.
Answer: What is party ideology?
dominant set of beliefs, customs, traditions, and values that define relationship between citizens and government.
Answer: What is political culture?
Polling method where everyone has an equal chance of selection.
Answer: What is random sampling?
an individual's coherent set of beliefs about government and politics.
Answer: What is political ideology?
The Federal Reserve’s use of interest rates and money supply to influence the economy.
Answer: What is monetary policy?
the phrasing of a question in a public opinion poll.
Answer: Question wording
Impact of historical events on a generation’s political views.
Answer: What is generational effect?
margin of error in a poll, usually calculated at plus or minus 3 percentage points.
Answer: What is sampling error?
Belief in minimal government interference in the economy.
Answer: What is laissez-faire or free enterprise?
An economic theory that emphasizes tax cuts and deregulation to stimulate production and economic growth.
Answer: What is supply-side economics?
a representative poll of randomly selected respondents with a statistically significant sample size, using neutral language.
Answer: What is scientific poll?
How age and stage in life influence political beliefs.
Answer: What is life-cycle effect?
a survey determining the level of support for a candidate or an issue throughout a campaign.
Answer: What are tracking polls?
Process by which individuals acquire political beliefs.
Answer: What is political socialization?
An economic theory that advocates for increased government spending during recessions to boost demand.
Answer: What is Keynesian economics?
When a company moves its business to a place where labor costs are cheaper or production is more efficient because workers work longer hours.
Answer: What is outsourcing?