GENERAL INFO
what does public idea do for the president
help shape up the decisions
in some personal backgrounds what are 1 of the 8 things that influence there opinion?
What are the 3 terms that public opinion is described in?
direction, intensity, and stability
what is one way to measure the public opinion
by looking at election results
By changing the wording of there question.
understanding the public opinion helps who?
the president
What can majorly influence a persons opinion?
A person background.
what does intensify mean in public opinion?
Intensity refers to the strength of an opinion on a given issue.
What are some other reason a person would vote for a candidates?
they vote for him for the way they look, or supported the candidates views on certain things.
What are push polls?
push Polls are worded so as to influence a person’s responses one way or another
why do some Americans want to decreases the military forces
to minimize spending's
What is mass media?
communication to broadly to masses of people
Who became the first female principle in California?
Ethel Percy Andrus
What is the better way to measure the public opinion?
public opinion poll
Why do some people believe that there is problems with poles.
Polling makes our elected officials more concerned with pleasing the public rather than exercising political leadership and making wise decisions.
what is public opinion
its a term that refers to the public about ideas, issues or a person and plays a key role into democracy
How do public officials influence people opinins?
When voters elect people to office, they are indicating that they trust those officials and rely on their opinions.
What does stability mean in public opinion?
This is where how firmly people hold their opinions to their views
what is a pollster?
A person job who checks on the polls regularly
What reason do people think that public polling is useful.
Allows officials to keep in touch with the people and changing ideas with some issues
what idea did Franklin d Roosevelt express
I cannot go any faster than the people will let me
Individuals who share their point of view about an issue sometimes unite to promote there belief>
interest groups
voting for or against a candidate>
What do pollsters do when there is random samples?
why do people think that polls will effect the election?
because it will let the politicians to understand the peoples issues