Unit 4: Poltical views

Question 1

Political Socialization

Answer 1

A process by which one develops their political beliefs.

Question 2

American Values

Question 3

Individualism

Answer 3

The principle of valuing individual rights over those of the government. A strong emphasis on individual initiative and responsibility.

Ex. Government assistance like food stamps or abortion.

Question 4

Equality of Opportunity

Answer 4

The belief is that each person should have the same opportunities in society.

Ex. Government should be on a leveled playing field.

Question 5

Free Enterprise

Answer 5

The idea is that the government should not get involved in the business.

Question 6

Rule of Law

Answer 6

No one is above they law including the government.

Question 7

Limited Government

Answer 7

The restrictions placed on the government to protect individual rights.

Ex. Government should have a limited role in interfering with my life.

Question 8

Fiscal Policy

Answer 8

Refers to government spending, taxing, or borrowing in order to impact the economy.

Liberals like to tax and spend.

Conservatives like to cut taxes and limit spending.

Question 9

Free Market

Answer 9

The idea that the government does not intervene in the economy.

The government does not proivde a safety net.

Question 10

Excpetions to the free market.

Answer 10

Social security and Medicatre are examples of programs that are popular with both liberals and conservatives, so it’s difficult ot cut spending for those programs.

Question 11

Supply Side Economics

Answer 11

The best way to help the economy is thorugh government spenidng. Spending money on social progams that help everyday Americans will help the economy.

Question 12

Keynesian Economics

Answer 12

The best way to help the economy is thorugh gviving benefits (like cut tax cuts) to the rick so that they can pass those benefits on to middle and working class Americans.

Question 13

Monetary Policy

Answer 13

• Refers to the government’s ability to increase or decrease the money supply in order to help the economy.
• The Federal Reseve can control the money supply bu raising or lowering interest rates.

Question 14

Libertarians

Answer 14

Believe that the governemnt should have a very limited role in public life, they don’t favor governemtn involvment in conservative or liberal issues.

Ex. Government should not spend money on programs ( social programs or defense programs) because that lads to higher taxes and more government involment.

Question 15

Measuring Public opinion

Answer 15

Its a way of saying what people think. According to Khan Academy, “ might be what people think the government should focus on, how likely they are to vote for a candidate, or whether they pay much attention to politics at all. “

Question 16

Mass Surveys

Answer 16

It is the most common type of survey. The mass survey is a way to measure public opinion by interviewing a large number of people.

Question 17

Benchmark polls

Answer 17

Its a poll doncuted by campaigns as the race for office begins. They provide a basic comparison for later polls to campaign. That allows them to determine their likelihood of winning the office. (increasing or decreasing)

Question 18

Tracking polls

Answer 18

” A survey performed repeatedly with the same group of people to check and measure changes of opinion.

Question 19

Focus groups

Answer 19

A group of people that are brought in to give their opinion on something. Its usually a medium to a large size group.

Question 20

Sampling error

Answer 20

” The predicted difference between the average opinion expressed by survey respondents and the average opinion in the population; also called the margin of error. As the sample size increases, the margin of error decreases.”

Question 21

Representative sample

Answer 21

” A relatively small number of respondents who accurately reflect the variety of opinions, demographics, etc. in the broader population. In political science, a representative sample is usually between 400 and 2,000 respondents.”