Vocab Flashcards
(50 cards)
Public Opinion
how people think or feel about particular things
Poll
Survey of Public Opinion
Random Sample
Method of selecting from a population in which each person has an equal probability of being selected.
Sampling Error
Difference between the results of random samples taken at the same time.
Exit Poll
polls based on interviews conducted on election day with randomly selected voters
Political Socialization
Process by which background traits influence one’s political views
Political Elites
Persons with disproportionate share of political power
Gender Gap
Difference in political views between men and women
Grosscutting Cleavages
“cleavages” are racial, political, or religious divisions, this means when the cleavage overlaps.
V.O Key
researcher who found difference in political opinion were closely associated with occupation in the 1950s
Barry Goldwater
First major US politician to refer to himself as conservative
Political Ideology
A more or less consistent set of beliefs about what policies government ought to pursue
Political Elites
persons with a disproportionate share of political power
Norm
standard of right or proper conduct that helps determine the range of acceptable social behavior and policy options
Voting Age Population
citizens who are eligible to vote after reaching the minimum age requirement
Registered Voters
you register to vote when you tirn 18 and yet the US has only 66.5% of turnout of registered voters
Motor Votor Law
law that allows people in all 50 states to register to vote when applying for drivers licenses and provide registration through the mail and at some state offices that give disability checks.
Literacy Test
requirement that citizens shows that they can read before registering to vote
Poll Tax
a requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to vote
White Primary
The practice of keeping blacks from voting in the southern states primaries through arbitrary use of registration requirements and intimidation
Voting Rights Act of 1965
suspended the use if literacy tests and authorized the appointment of federal examiners who could order the registration of blacks in states and countries where fewer than 50% of the voting age population were registered or had voted in the last presidential election.
Voting Rights Act of 1970
gave 18 year olds the right to vote beginning in 1972
Australian Ballot
a government printed ballot of uniform dimensions to be cast in secret that many states adopted in 1890 to reduce voting fraud associated with party printed ballots cast in public
Activists
people who tend to participate in all forms of politics.
