Public Opinion
the distribution of the population’s beliefs about politics and policy issues
Demography
Science of population changes
Census
Most valuable tool for understanding demographic changes
Melting pot
mixture of ideas cultures and peoples
Minority Majority
America will eventually cease to have a White, generally Anglo-Saxon majority.
Political Culture
An overall set of values widely shared within a society
Reapportionment
The process of reallocating seats in the House of Representatives every ten years on the basis of the results of the census
Political Socialization
process through which an individual acquires his or her political orientations, his or her knowledge, feelings and evaluations regarding his or her political world.
Sample
A relatively small proportion of people chosen in a survey to represent the whole