Mother Fucking Unit 6

Question 1

Public Opinion

Answer 1

What the public thinks about a particular issue or set of issues at any point.

Question 2

Public Opinion Polls

Answer 2

Interviews or surveys with samples of citizens that are used to estimate the feelings and beliefs of a opinion.

Question 3

Straw Polls

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Political Socialization

Answer 4

The Process through which an individual acquires particular political orientations; the learning process by which people acquire their political beliefs and values.

Question 5

Political Ideology

Answer 5

The set of values and beliefs about the purpose of gov’t.

Question 6

Random Sampling

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Stratified Sampling

Answer 7

A variation of random sampling. Set data is created and then randomly selected for accurate results.

Question 8

Push Polls

Answer 8

Taken for the purpose of providing info on an opponent that would make people vote against that candidate.

Question 9

Tracking Polls

Answer 9

(continuous) surveys that enable a campaign to chart its daily rise or fall in support.