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Unit 4: Political Culture and Ideologies Flashcards

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Conservative

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Tend to believe and support
- smaller role of federal gvt
- smaller = cut taxes, tax structure consistent
- anti-regulation of business
- self-determination

Criticisms:
- too much trust in businesses
- pretend some problems don’t exist

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Liberals

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Tend to believe and support
- expanded rule in achieving justice equality
- government should actively regulate
- protect Americans from inadequacy
- Progressive tax

Criticisms:
- too damn expensive
- crushes individual freedom
- too much dependency

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Individualism

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High priority on what individual thinks
- high priority on individual rights

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Political Culture

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Some things all Americans can agree on: shared beliefs/values for both parties
- Individualism
- equal of opportunity
- free enterprise
- rule of law
- limited gvt

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Free Enterprise

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buying and selling of goods in marketplace
- you can have the option to buy whatever you want

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Rule of Law

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is anybody above the law? answer SHOULD be no
gvt isn’t king - only structure and source

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Limited Government

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Federal government should have limited powers

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Ideology

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Approach to achieve political culture

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Valence Issue

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Public is united and rival parties adopt similar positions to gain more support

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Wedge Issues

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Issues the public are split about

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Saliency

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The degree to which an issue is important to a particular individual or group

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Moderates

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Americans who agree with policies on both sides
- tend to lean one way but don’t have to

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Libertarian

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Drastically smaller government role
- liberty from federal government
- if it involved the gvt its a no
- no getting involved in other countries issues

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Progressive

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Leaning left in line with liberal
- more drastic change and reform

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Political Socialization

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When and how we get our opinions
- typically during teens, usually consistent through life
- most consistent is our parents

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Demographic

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The study of a population based on factors like age or race

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Socioeconomic Status

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How much money you had growing up and where you lived

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Party Identification

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Liberals tend to be democrats and conservatives tend to be republicans

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Globalization

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Process resulting growing interconnectedness of the world
- interdependence of economics and political systems

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Generational Effect

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Defining features for each generation that can influence political opinions

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Silent Generation

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1925-1945
- Exposed to the effects of the great depression and WWII
- drastically low birth rates

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Baby Boomers

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1946-1964
- big population growth
- civil rights movements
- vietnam war

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Generation X

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1965-1981
- no real defining events for them
- red scare (?)

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Millennials

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1982-1997
- right at the turn of the millenium
- 9/11
- first to experience internet arising

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Life Cycle Effect
Not as unique for each generation - as you go through various cycles in life, the issues you choose to care about perhaps evolve - effects every generation but at different life points
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Benchmark Polls
Starting point to data gathering - e.g. US Today asking if people would vote for the Rock
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Tracking Polls
- When questions word for word are asked over and over again to different people; has to be word for word - shows how societies opinions shift
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Exit Polls
Election day is ONLY time these can be used - when exiting polls - who'd you vote for and demographics - collect data for election
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Approval Ratings
Showing the people in government what Americans think of the job the gvt is doing
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Random Sample
When polling to get general American ideals, sample, has to be random to truly represent everyone
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Weighting/Stratification
Used when conducting polling - adjustments to surveys during analysis so selected demographics reflect their values in the population
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Margin of Error
- How inaccurate it could be - how much flexibility there could be in the results - if polls don't have this, no good
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Push Polling
Not trying to gage public opinion, rather shape or push opinions through wording
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Bandwagon Effect
Follow the crowd - undecided may vote for whoever's in the lead instead of who they align more with - creates exaggerated outcomes
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Social Desirability
Instead of picking whats true to us, we choose what society wants or expects out of us
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Party Platform
Each party decides before the election what the main focus will be - summer before election
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Agenda
Start the process for laws or lawmaking and policy changing - have someone put their ideas on the table
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Fiscal Policy
How we'll spend money and where to get it - taxes - through passage of laws (Congress)
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Keynesian Economics
Favored by democrats - gvt active role in economy (FDR) - gvt growing in fast, step in to slow things like with placing taxes - business regulation - stimulus checks during pandemic
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Supply-Side Economics
Stupid Reaganomics Favored by Republicans - favoritism of businesses - lower taxes for them, independence - more employment rate - market will naturally stimulate
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IRS - Internal Revenue Service
Gvt agency that prescribes and regulations for tax revenues collection
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16th Amendment
Gave federal government ability to tax income
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Progressive Tax
- higher percentages on higher incomes - the more money you make the higher percentages you'll pay - favored by Democrats - republicans don't like this cuz they cheap
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Flat Tax
Porportional Tax - everyone pays the same percent regardless of income
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Monetary Policy
Controlling the flow of money through business rates - how to fix the economy when we need it - Federal Reserve - Interest Rates
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Inflation
Decrease in dollar value - rise in prices
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Federal Reserve Board
- Interest rates for smaller banks - makes it either more difficult to get hands on money (if high) or easier (if low)
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Social Welfare
Policies that provide benefits to individuals, particularly to those in need
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Entitlement
If you meet the criteria, whatever that may be - entitled to money from the government - have to be of a specific group - Democrats support; republicans want to scale down
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Social Security Act - 1935
How much you've paid to social security and how long you've worked - meant to supplement retirement income - give old people a little something for how they've worked for US - 6.2% of pay
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Means Test
Would you have the means to pay if we weren't giving you money
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Medicare/Medicaid
- 1.45% of your income - disabled aid (medicaid) - elderly (over 65) - (medicare) - have to meet qualifications
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Affordable Care Act (2010)
Reform healthcare by providing more Americans with Affordable healthcare and quality health insurance - curving growth in healthcare spending

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