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Political socialization |
The process most notably in families and schools by which we develop our political attitudes values and beliefs |
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Attitudes |
An individual's prospensity to perceive interpret and act towards a particular object in a particular way |
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Selective exposure |
Individuals choosing to access media with which they agree or avoiding media with which they disagree |
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Deliberation |
Your idea of people coming together listening to each other exchanging ideas learning to appreciate each other's differences and defending their opinions |
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Social capital |
The value of social contacts associations and networks individuals form which can foster trust coordination and cooperation |
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Attentive public |
Citizens to follow public affairs regularly |
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Public opinion |
The distribution of individual preferences for or evaluations of a given issue candidate or institution within a specific population |
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Random sample |
In this type of sample every individual has a known and equal chance of being selected |
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Margin of error |
The range of percentage points in which the sample accurately reflects the population |
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Universe |
The group of people whose preferences we try to measure by taking a sample also called population |
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Intensity |
A measure of how strongly an individual holds a patucular position |
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Latency |
Political opinions that are held not yet expressed |
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Manifest opinon |
A widely shard and consciously held view such as support for abortion rights or for homeland security |
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Salience |
An individual's belief that an issue is important or relevant to him or her |
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Political ideology |
A constant power and of ideas or beliefs about political values and the role of government including how it to work and how it actually does work |
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Liberalism |
I believe that government can bring about justice and equality of opportunity |
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Conservatism |
I believe in private property rights and free enterprise |
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Social conservatism |
Focuses less on economics and more on mortality and lifestyle |
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Socialism |
A governmental system where some of the means a production are control by the state and where the state provides key human welfare services like healthcare an old age assistance allows for free markets in other activities |
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Communism |
The believe that the state owns property in common for all people in the single political party that represents the working classes controls the government |
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Libertarianism |
A believe in limited government to such vital activities as national defense while fostering individual liberty unlike conservatives libertarians oppose all government regulation even of personal mortality |
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Voter registration |
A system designed to reduce voter fraud by limiting voting to those who have established eligibility to vote by submitting the proper documents including proof of residency |
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General election |
Election in which voters elect officeholders |
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Primary election |
Election in which voters determine Party nominees |
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Presidential election |
Election held a year when the president is on the ballot |
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Midterm election |
Election held midway between presidential elections |
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Turnout |
The proportion of the voting age public that votes sometimes defined as the number of registered voters that boat |
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Party identification |
An affiliation with a political party that most people acquire in childhood the best predictor of voting behavior in partisan candidate elections |
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Candidate appeal |
How voters feel about a candidate's background of personality and leadership ability and other personal qualities |
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Prospective issue voting |
Voting based on what a candidate pledges to do in the future about an issue if elected |
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Retrospective issue voting |
Holding incumbents usually the president's party responsible for their records on issues such as the economy or foreign policy |