Liberal Views
This generation leans a lot more Liberal on gender, race, and drug legalization issues than previous generations.
What are Millennials?
This generation has the most conservative views on issues, such as gay marriage and women's rights, with strong emphasis on religious values.
What is the Silent Generation?
These polls measure where people stand heading into an election.
What are tracking polls?
This is the process by which you develop your political beliefs.
What is Political Socialization?
What is Gen Z?
This is the term for a person who belives that abortion is a reproductive right issue.
What is "Pro-Choice"?
This is the term for a person who belives that abortion is a life issue.
What is "Pro-Life"?
These gather insight from people in groups of 10-40 people, and allow for more in-depth conversations about issues and a candidate.
What are focus groups?
This factor causes opinions to be often shaped in childhood and mostly by parents or family adults.
What are Family Influences?
This generation's major influential events are Vietnam, the Civil Rights Movement, and multiple assassinations (JFK, MLK Jr., etc.)
What are Baby Boomers?
Liberal-leaning people believe that taxation, especially on "The Rich", is ____.
What is "good"?
Conservative-leaning people may think that taxation is _______.
What is "not okay"?
This is a poll that pushes certain opinions and viewpoints, and are generally considered biased and deceptive.
What is a push poll?
This part of media influence is a shift in support to a candidate who leads in public opinion polls.
What is the Bandwagon Effect?
This generation increased environmental activism, but had an existing general balance between race and gender issues.
What is Generation X?
In terms of gun control, Liberals are more in favor of this.
What is gun control?
In terms of gun control, Conservatives are more in favor of this.
This sampling technique makes sure that demographic groups are properly represented in a sample.
What is Weightlifting/ Stratification?
These are the variety of physical, social. and psychological changes that people go through as they age.
What are Lifestyle Effects?
This generation is overall interactive with other generations and is independent of expectations.
What are Millennials?
This ideology believes in a government that establishes laws that apply equally to all, including government leaders, preventing abuses of power.
What is Rule of Law?
This ideology has a "Laissez Faire" government approach in the economy, stating that the economy would be naturally regulated by the decisions of consumers and producers.
What is Free Enterprise?
This president had the most dramatic shifts in public opinion with his approval ratings.
Who is George W. Bush?
These "blocks" greatly affect yours and others' political ideologies, due to people in the same age group experiencing the same major cultural experiences and historical shifts.
What are Generations/ Generational Groups?
This generation is overall very patriotic and is more trusting of the government than other generations.
What is the Silent Generation?