BEATRIZSANTILLANES

Question 1

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.

Question 2

Conservative

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One who favors limited government intervention, particularly in economic affairs.

Question 3

Exit Polls

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Polls conducted as voters leave selected polling places on Election Day.

Question 4

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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Statist

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One who believes in extensive government control of personal and economic liberties.

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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 that candidate.

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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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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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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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Random Sampling

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A method of poll selection that gives each person in a group the same chance of being selected.

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Stratified Sampling

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A variation of random sampling; the population is divided into subgroups and weighted based on demographic characteristics of the national population.

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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.

Question 13

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.

Question 14

Sampling Error

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Errors resulting from the size or the quality of a survey sample.

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Social Conservative

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One who believes that the government should support and further traditional moral teachings.

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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.

Question 17

Libertarian

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

Question 18

Political Socialization

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The process through which individuals acquire their political beliefs and values.

Question 19

Moderate

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

Question 20

Population

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The entire group of people whose attitudes a researcher wishes to measure.

Question 21

Tracking Polls

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Continuous surveys that enable a campaign or news organization to chart a candidate’s daily or weekly rise or fall in support.

Question 22

Straw Poll

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