The distribution of the population's beliefs about politics and policy issues.
What is public opinion?
100
Called for in the Constitution, it counts the people every ten years.
What is the Census?
100
The emergence of a non-Caucasian majority by 2060.
What is the minority majority?
100
Physically or politically not left or right.
What is the middle?
100
The legal right to vote.
What is suffrage?
200
The science of population changes.
What is demography?
200
The process of reallocating seats in the House of Representatives every 10 years on the basis of the results of the census.
What is reapportionment?
200
A coherent set of beliefs about politics, public policy, and public purpose.
What is a political ideology?
200
Typically support more government spending on the poor
What is a liberal?
200
The belief that one's political participation really matters.
What is political efficacy?
300
An overall set of values widely shared within a political society. For example, limited government and liberty.
What is a political culture?
300
When states redraw their legislative district lines based on the information they received in reapportionment.
What is redistricting?
300
The regular pattern of women voting more liberally than men.
What is the gender gap?
300
Typically support more spending on national defense.
What is a conservative?
300
Individuals with the highest amount are the most likely to vote.
What is education?
400
This plays the largest role in the political socialization of children?
What is the family?
400
The redrawing of district lines in a state to benefit one political party over another.
What is gerrymandering?
400
All the activities used by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or the policies they pursue.
What is political participation?
400
Typically is liberal on social policies but conservative on fiscal policies.
What is a libertarian?
400
A state-level method of direct legislation that gives voters a chance to approve or disapprove proposed legislation or a proposed constitutional amendment.
What is a referendum?
500
The lower this is, the more valid a poll is.
What is a low margin of error?
500
The Census is formally apart of this department.
What is the Commerce Department?
500
A form of political participation that reflects a conscious decision to break a law believed to be immoral and to suffer the consequences.
What is civil disobedience?
500
Typically found in the south, these individuals are liberal on fiscal policies and conservative on social policies.
What is a populist?
500
A process permitted in some states whereby voters may put proposed changes in the state constitution for a vote if sufficient signatures are obtained on petitions calling for such a referendum.