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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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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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George Gallop

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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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Straw Poll

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

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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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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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Population

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

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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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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

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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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Margin of error

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

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Sampling Error

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Errors resulting for the size or the quality of a survey sample

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Political ideology

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

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Conservative

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One who favors limited government intervention, particularly in economic affairs

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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

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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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Statist

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