APGOVCh.10.Hannah.Esparza.

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American National Election Studies (ANES)

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founded in 1952 by researchers at the University of Michigan and Stanford University, ANES collects data on the political attitudes and behavior among voters, such as party affiliation, voting practices, and opinions on parties and candidates

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George Gallup

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one of the earliest developers of scientific methods for public opinion polling and a proponent for a strong role for the voice of the public in politics and government

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public opinion

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what the public thinks about a particular issue or set of issues at any point in time

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public opinion polls

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interviews or surveys with samples of citizens that are used to estimate the feelings and beliefs of the entire population

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sample

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a subset of the whole population selected to be questioned for the purposes of prediction or gauging opinion

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straw polls

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unscientific survey used to gauge public opinion on a variety of issues and policies

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push polls

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polls taken for the purpose of providing information on an opponent that would lead respondents to vote against candidate

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conservative

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one who favors limited government intervention, particularly in economic affairs

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exit polls

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polls conducted as voters leave selected polling places on election day

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liberal

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One who favors greater government intervention, particularly in economic affairs and in the provision of social services

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libertarian

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One who believes in limited government interference in personal and economic liberties

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margin of error

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a measure of the accuracy of a public opinion poll within statistical parameters

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moderate

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a person who takes a relatively centrist or middle-of-the-road view on most political issues

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political ideology

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the coherent set of values and beliefs about the purpose and scope of government held by groups and individuals

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political socialization

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The process through which individuals acquire their political beliefs and values

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population

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the entire group of people who attitudes a researcher wishes to measure

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random sampling

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a method of selecting a sample (random sample) from a statistical population in such a way that every possible sample that could be selected has a predetermined probability of being selected

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sampling error

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a statistical error that occurs when an analyst does not select a sample that represents the entire population of data and the results found in the sample do not represent the results that would be obtained from the entire population

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social conservative

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a political ideology that focuses on the preservation of what are seen as traditional values. The accepted goals and ideologies related to preserving traditions and morality often vary from group to group within social conservatism

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statist

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a man who believes that some men have the right to force, coerce, enslave, rob, and murder others. To be put into practice, this belief has to be implemented by the political doctrine that the government—the state—has the right to initiate the use of physical force against its citizens

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stratified sampling

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a method of sampling that involves the division of a population into smaller groups known as strata. In stratified random sampling, or stratification, the strata are formed based on members’ shared attributes or characteristics

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tracking poll

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a type of poll repeated periodically with the same group of people to check and measure changes of opinion or knowledge