Elections
Who has the most discretion and power in administrating elections?
a) the states
b) counties
c) federal
The states
What is public opinion?
an aggregate measure of the beliefs, attitudes, judgments, and/or preferences of a population over matters of public concern
Journalists tend to be more____ than media outlet owners
a) liberal
b)conservative
a)liberal
What are the two major parties in the US
Democratic and Republican Party
True or False
Primary elections determine who is going to serve in office
False
Primary elections determine who is going to be a nominee for a party
Which condition(s) should be met when interpreting public opinion?
a) ) ask questions in a way that accurately measures the opinions of a sample
b) take a sample that is representative of the population from which it is drawn
c) make sure the sample size is sufficiently large to yield an acceptable margin of error
d) all the above
d. all the above
What is Section 230?
a) establishes protections for online platforms from lawsuits
b) protects people from being offended on online platforms
c) Bans hate speech
d) a law against libel
Section 230 establishes that online platforms may not be sued for content posted by users on their sites even if the platforms act like publishers
When did the two major parties emerge
After the Civil War
How many days prior to the election is the Georgia's voter registration deadline?
a) 60
b) 7
c) 30
c) 30
The best way to get a representative sample involves random selection of the sample. What type of sampling method is this?
a) probability sampling
b) random sampling
c) popular sampling
d) direct sampling
c) Probability sampling
What is the downside of unmediated media
Politicians can escape scrutiny, making it hard for them to be held accountable
True or False
party realignment is a shifting of party allegiances within the electorate
True
What term is used to describe the direct benefit from the act of voting
D-term
Altering the size of a sample influences
a) people
b) margin of error
c) probability
d) d-term
b) margin of error
Sometimes the media covers a certain event more than others to influence public opinion. This is called
a) Agenda setting
b)priming
c)framing
a) Agenda setting
When multiple social identities reinforce and magnify each other this is:
a) Large identity
b) mega-identity
c) mono identity
b) Mega identity
True or False
According to Article X of the Georgia Constitution, a proposed constitutional amendment can be ratified only after being placed on a ballot as a referendum item.
True
Identify the question-wording problem: The order in which questions are asked can influence responses
Ordering effects
An episodic frame portrays an event as a stand-alone occurrence, whereas a thematic frame seeks to put the event in broader context and compare it to longer-term trends.
A lot of people say they are “independents,” but the textbook points out that this is somewhat misleading. Why is this misleading?
Among self-proclaimed “independents,” the overwhelming majority admit to leaning in the direction of one party or the other, suggesting they behave as if they identified with a party during elections even if they preferred not to publicly pick a side