Unit 2 - Part 2 Flashcards
(24 cards)
Population under 35 years old
Millennials
Never fall fully into being either a liberal or conservative
Moderate
How the government manages the supply and demand of its currency and thus the value of the dollar
Monetary Policy
Lifted trade barriers among the United States, Canada, and Mexico
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
A sense of affiliation that a person has with a particular political party
Party Identification
Expanded government regulation over health insurance and made the service more affordable
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
The widely shared beliefs, values, and norms citizens share about their government
Political Culture
Capacity to understand and influence political events
Political Efficacy
The divergence of political attitudes to ideological extremes
Political Polarization
Process by which one acquires political beliefs
Political Socialization
One’s tax rate increases as one’s income increases
Progressive Tax
Happens via telephone and offers positive points about a candidate and negative points about an opponent in order to “push” the caller one way
Push Polling
Every single member of the universe must have an equal chance of being called
Random Sample
Group of people meant to represent the large group in question
Representative Sample
The amount of cash commercial banks must keep in their vaults
Reserve Requirement
Allows Congress to tax peoples incomes
Sixteenth Amendment
Created an insurance program that requires the employed to pay a small contribution via a payroll tax into an insurance fund in order to assist the unemployed and to help financially strapped retirees
Social Security Act
Support for disadvantaged people to meet their basic needs
Social Welfare
Making sure demographic groups are properly represented in a sample
Stratification
Government should leave as much of the money supply as possible with the people
Supply Side Economics
A state that does not consistently vote either Democratic or Republican in presidential elections
Swing State
A nation that exports more than it imports
Trade Balance
Concerns or policies that are viewed in the same way by people with a variety of ideologies
Valence Issues
Issues that sharply divide the public
Wedge Issue
