collection of shared attitudes of many different people in matters relating to politics, public issues, or the making of public policy.
What is Public Opinion
100
what should be in place in order to get accurate data from polls?
sampling, preparing valid questions, controlling how the poll is taken, analyzing and reporting results.
100
What is a radical?
favors rapid, fundamental change.
100
what is the gender gap
difference in political views between men and women.
100
what are some factors that lead to cleav in pub opine
social class, race and ethnicity, region.
200
what is sampling
those chosen to participate in the poll must be representative of the general population and chosen at random.
200
what is the silent majority.
those people, whatever their economic status, who uphold traditional values.
200
supports active government in promoting individual welfare.
What is a liberal
200
who are the red diaper babies
radical sons and daughters of parents who were also once young radicals.
200
what is the difference between blue collar and management
blue collar= "working class"
management= "upper-class"
300
What is sampling error
percentage of possible errors in the polling process
300
why are public opinion polls sometimes not accurate.
they sometimes suffer from ignorance, instability of public opinion, and sensitivity to the way questions are worded.
300
tolerant of others political opinions and does not usually hold extreme views
What is a moderate.
300
how and why do religions form pol bel
sometimes it is of the social status of religious groups in america and sometimes it is because of the content of the religious tradition more than the social status.
300
what are some changes to the south region of party preference
white southerners have become less democratic
400
what are straw polls
asking the same question of a large number of people.
400
why is democracy possible even though people don't think much about politics.
we still are able to work good when we are given relatively simple, clear cut choices (not choices between specific policies).
400
promotes limited governmental role in helping individuals economically
What is a conservative
400
Is there a major difference in voting with gender gap
men vote more republican and women more democratic (women = unchanged, were always democratic)
400
is social class a clear cut source of political cleavage?
not really, has become less
500
what is an ideology?
a consistent set of beliefs.
500
what are some reasons government policy sometimes seem to be at odds with public policy.
framers did not make a government to do everything people wanted (no factions!), not easy to know what we want, political elite opinion weighs more.
500
What is political ideology?
a coherent/ consistent set of beliefs abt who should rule, what principles rulers should obey, what policies they should pursue.
500
Can attending college make you more liberal
Yes!
500
can income and occupation be cleavages in measuring public opinion too?