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Political Participation
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Potpourri
100
This word means the right to vote.
What is suffrage or franchise?
100
One of the greatest demographic impacts on our political opinion comes from this because we are around these people a lot.
What is family?
100
This American political party is considered more liberal and would be found on the left of the political spectrum.
Who are Democrats?
100
If a poll is trying to get you to answer a certain way it is called this.
What is a push poll?
100
This political party is associated with blue and the donkey.
Who are the Democrats?
200
People under 18 cannot participate in politics: true or false.
What is false?
200
A midwestern farmer may vote based on this demographic factor.
What is region?
200
This America political party is considered more conservative and would be found on the right of the traditional political spectrum.
Who are Republicans?
200
This poll is taken on election day as people leave the voting booth.
What is an exit poll?
200
This is when Republicans and Democrats work together.
What is bipartisanship?
300
The nineteenth Amendment did this.
What is gave women the right to vote?
300
Single mothers may use this demographic factor in determining their vote.
What is marital status?
300
The newer two-axis political model is called this.
What is a Nolan Chart?
300
These early polls were not scientific at all.
What were straw polls?
300
When looking at the results of opinion poll we should ask this question (looking at their interest in the outcome of the poll).
What is who took the poll?
400
The twenty-sixth Amendment did this.
What is moved the voting age from 21 to 18?
400
This is the process by which our political attitudes are formed by our environment.
What is political socialization?
400
The traditional political spectrum is based on this instead of freedom.
What is change?
400
Bias is avoided in scientific opinion polling by using this.
What is random sampling?
400
This group desired a bill of rights on the Constitution.
Who are the Antifederalists?
500
This woman cast an illegal ballot in 1872.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
500
When people vote out of a feeling of self interest, they have a sense of this.
What is political efficacy?
500
Based on the Nolan chart, this type of person wants more personal freedom and more economic freedom.
What is a Libertarian?
500
This man gained a reputation for honesty in opinion polling by using random sampling.
Who is George Gallup?
500
This magazine incorrectly judged the 1936 election because they only polled their subscribers which was a sampling error.
What is Literary Digest?