Misc.Political Behavior
A consistent manner of thinking, feeling, and reacting with regard to people, groups, social issues, or more generally any event in one’s environment.
Why is public opinion untrustworthy?
Uninformed- people go with their guts
Unrealistic- most opinions are out of context
Unconstrained- people are not ideological.
" Voting
" Joining interest groups
" Contacting public officials
" Lobbying
" Contributing to political campaigns
" Canvassing
" Running for office
" Circulating a petition
vs.
An individual views a group as a primary experience; individual thoughts get lost along the way.
What were the implications of the Vietnam War vis-à-vis political participation?
Mobilization of youth. "old enough to fight, old enough to vote" Lowered the voting age to 18.
Political events shape where our opinions come from: people can revise their opinions in response to what happens to them and in the world around them. Some events have a greater impact than others, and some people are more likely to change their opinion in response to an event than others. Although events such as wars, economic upheavals, and major policy changes certainly influence public opinion, they strike only after socialization has already started forming someone’s opinions.
Predicted Landon victory of FDR.
What is the Literary Digest (1936)?
What are the rates of voter turn out in the united states? Are they better in local or national elections?
The name for when the states and the federal government share power?
What is Duel Sovereignty?
Symbols of the American political system and the things that define it.
Difficult to measure .
Difficult to understand once you've measured.
Difficult to predict future behavior using the data.
What are the problems with leaders pandering to public opinion?
A militant group of the suffrage movement that engaged in civil disobedience and violent protest. Known for engaging in hunger strikes.
National women's party- Women were not given legal pathways of influence. As such they would engage in protests.
The bias introduced by the selection of individuals, groups or data for analysis in such a way that proper randomization is not achieved, thereby ensuring that the sample obtained is not representative of the population intended to be analyzed.
People in the south prevented African Americans from voting by using what methods, list 3:
o Poll taxes
o Literacy tests
o Grandfather clause
o Intimidation
Who/what are:
Parents/family
Schools/community
Friends/coworkers
Media/entertainment
They tend to vote for candidates of one particular party, but do not self-identify or affiliate with a particular party.
Comparing the truth with what would have happened, the "what if" situations.
What are counterfactuals?
Institutions that replicate and reinforce racial disparities.
What is institutional racism?
Occurs when one person or entity is able to make decisions and/or take actions on behalf of, or that impact, another person or entity.
o Party-identification
o Presidential approval
o Incumbency advantage
o Issue positions
o Campaign events
o Candidate traits
The middle-of-the-road preference will win, because less than half the group will want something lower and less than half the group will want something higher.
Americanism is defined by _____, not race or religion.
Creed, the philosophical unity of American ideology.