Types of Polls
Sampling
Surveys and Questions
Open Ended
Polls?
100
Daily Double!
Asking people how they voted as they leave the polls
exit polls
100
Refers to the amount of people surveyed in a poll
sample size
100
Larger national polls that aim to get the opinion of a large population. Usually survey 1500 people or more. Measures quantitative data better than qualitative.
mass survey
100
Why is public opinion important in a representative democracy?
In order for reps to truly rep the people
100
The ceremonial location of this is marked by a reflective sphere surrounded by the flags of many nations.
The South Pole
200
Asking people how they will vote as they enter the poll.
entrance poll
200
a method of choosing poll respondents that doesn't over or under-represent any specific group. Everyone in the group has an equal shot of being surveyed.
random selection
200
Small group of individuals assembled for a conversation about specific issues. This gives more qualitative data than quantitative data.
focus groups
200
What makes public opinion unreliable?
Not everybody answers, bias, only passionate people answer polls
200
Armand Duplantis holds the world record for this at 6.27 meters
pole vault
300
Daily Double!
General type of polls that get the public's thoughts on a topic or their feelings about a candidate.
Opinion/straw poll
300
A survey of a group that has the same characteristics as the larger group it is measuring.
Representative Sample
300
This factor that may impact the validity of results deals with the way the question is phrased.
Question wording
300
Why is measuring public opinion by those citizens who choose to contact a representative a poor way of gauging public opinion?
They are the passionate ones.
300
The longest ever made of this type of pole measured 37.4 feet, earning a Guinness World Record in 2011.
Fishing Pole
400
Taken at the beginning of a candidates run and gives the campaign a mark that they can measure against as the campaign continues.
Benchmark Poll
400
The chance that a sample will not exactly represent the population it is measureing. +/- 3% is considered a good this...
Sampling error
400
This factor that may shape the results of a poll through the sequencing of the questions.
Question Order
400
Why are elections an imperfect way of gauging public opinion?
Many don't vote
400
A holiday commemorating the historic struggles and gains made by workers and the labor movement uses this pole to celebrate. 
The Maypole - May Day (May 1st)
500
Polls done over time with the same group of people to see changes.
Tracking Poll
500
Procedure in which the results of the survey are adjusted according to the data to match the demographic surveyed
weighting
500
This type of poll isn't actually a poll, it is a campaign tactic to get respondents to feel a certain way about a candidate or issue.
push poll
500
What are the two basic requirements for effective representation in a democracy?
People must have preferences communicated to elected officials.
Elected officials need to respond to the people.
500
The record for this fad in the 1920s was 439 days by Shipwreck Kelly.
pole sitting - where people would sit on top of flagpoles for extended periods