Polls
what is a poll
a survey of public opinion
what did the 19th amendment do?
it gave women the right to vote.
is there an complete answer to "what factors contribute to public opinion?"
nope. this is of a question with too many answers to be conceivably answered fully
do the turnout measures help
Yes. Especially motor voter laws.
what amendment gave residents of D.C the right to vote?
I'll give you 300 points if you can answer this... Is hummus a dip or a sauce.
23rd amendment
Trick question. Hummus is a spread.
Why are polls important
it is a tool to help our leaders in government to learn what the public wants so they can both make people happy about their competence and keep their position as a result of this confidence
what was the white primary?
it was the practice of stopping African Americans from voting by way of arbitrary registration requirements and intimidation.
generally what effect does gender have on a person's opinion on political issues, and government roles.
Women tend to politically identify more often as liberal than men. They also tend to favor a more "activist government," and less military involvement and taxes cuts.
what is the difference between voting eligible population and voting age population
VEP excludes non-citizens and disenfranchised convicts above the age of 18; VAP is anybody above 18 on American soil
T/F: generally, polls are often made inaccurate by misconduct in the questions and sample. why?
False. Polls are generally accurate because historically polls have predicted the outcome of many elections, but of course there are counterexamples like our most recent presidential election.
what did the 15th amendment do? how did the perception of it change in the eyes of the courts,and what effects did this have.
it meant, at the time, that race cannot be the primary factor in the denial of voting rights (by way of disenfranchising practices.). Later that court's perception changed with the challenging and overturning of the disenfranchising practices listed above between 1915 and 1965 when the voting rights act was passed.
name four factors
race, religion, class, political identity, political socialization, gender, political ideology, activiists
name a measures in addition to motor-voter laws to get people to vote. Define motor-voter laws.
absentee balloting, social pressure or conduction of voting through mail. Motor voter laws are laws that make people registered to vote when they apply for a drivers license, and register thorough the mail.
does education level of people polled have an effect on the accuracy of that poll? Why?
No. This is because people take cues based on what party they identify with and vote within that party and they also can get information from ads or political influencers that are not contingent on education level.
How do people participate in politics aside from voting? How about apolitically? What does political participation require, and how is that granted? What are young people's roles in both political participation and apolitical participation.
Political involvement: people can volunteer with a campaign, put signs in their yard, have bumper stickers, or go to rallies. Apolitically, people volunteer in their communities. Both participation are largely contingent on education. Young people tend to participate less often in their youth and increase over their lifetime. However, apolitical participation is the same across all age groups.
explain political identity and its effect on public opinion
political identity often means that people will side with their party's view on an issue, simply because they identify with that party. It also leads to party sorting, which puts issues on spectrum of political party.
Is the fact that not everyone votes influential on election outcome? Why?
Not really. The non-voter mirror the populous of America so it would have a minimal effect.
name the influences on polls' accuracy and name a specific type of poll and state whether or not it is generally accurate
question wording, whether or not it was randomly conducted, and question order
what is the role of states in elections and how has this changed over time?
How people voted and for whom was initially a reserved power, but the federal government had always been able to choose when the elections were and elections for the house had to be conducted from the people. However, over time congress has reduces state's abilities to regulate elections: amendments and a certain act and mandatory district based elections for the house.
what is the relationship between polls and the formation of public policy. Loosely related, how does certain citizens' class and similar attributes affect their representation from certain groups of society. (hint: political _ _ _o_ _ _ _ _ _)
polls are the representation of public opinion; public opinion requires action from elected officials in order for the officials to be re-elected. This neglects younger people, poorer and less educated people because their political involvement is less because of their comparative lack of resources and thus have a smaller Political Involvement
is voter turnout decreasing in America? Outline the arguments for and against.
yes, it is declining:Historically figures of voter numbers recorded have said there was a higher rate of voting earlier in american history because in the late 1800s politics became way more partisan and lopsided victories came at the polls so people began to not want to vote because they felt that they had no voice.
no, it isn't: People used to cast multiple votes because there were not as many cheating prevention measures in place. When measures began to be implemented in the 19th century voting rates appeared lower because people were not voting multiple times and parties were no longer in control of vote counting so it appeared less people were voting.