6 Public Opinion POLS – Flashcards

1. The various attitudes that citizens poses toward political issues, events, and people are called?

2. A political ideology is best defined as:

3. Liberalism and conservatism are good example of:

4. The term public opinion is used to describe:

5. The complex set of beliefs and values that, as a whole, from general philosophy about the government is called:

6. The difference between political value

7. Fundamental political values:

8. Base on recent polling data, what percentage of Americans believed that gays should have equal rights?

9. Based on recent poling data, what percentage of Americans disagreed with the statement "Any group should be allowed to hold a rally for a cause" ?

10. Base on recent polling data, what percentage of Americans is worried about government monitoring of personal information?

11. Which of the following terms describe America's fundamental political values?

12. Freedom from government control is what most Americans call:

13. The controversial nature of affirmative action reveals that:

14. Which of the following statements about political opinions is not true?

15. The process by which underling political values are formed is known as:

16. People's political party preferences are primarily acquire through the influence of :

17. Which of the following statements about agencies of socialization is Incorrect?

18. Which of the following statements best describes perceptions of racism among blacks and whites?

19. The term gender gap refers to :

20. Which of the following phenomena cannot be explained by the gender gap?

21. Why are groups and associations so critical to the formation of political opinions?

22. The "spiral of silence" describes the phenomenon of:

23. What did James Madison identify as the greatest source of political conflict for the United States?

24. What is the key difference between those who have gone to college and those who have not?

25. The transition many white southerners made from the Democratic to the Republican Party is a good example of :

26. The believe that government is a wasteful and dangerous institution and should be limited to as few activities as possible is and example of a political :

27. A liberal would most likely support:

28. Opposition to legalized abortion is a position must likely supported by_____ while support for legalized abortion is a position most likely supported by_____.

29. Conservatives are more likely than liberals to support:

30. One who supports abortion rights and opposes state involvement with religious institutions would be best described as:

31. In a liberal ideology, which of the core American values is most important ?

32. ___ is the core political value most highly prized by American conservatives.

33. Political ideologies can be best understood as:

34. People's underlying beliefs and ideologies:

35. Studies of political opinion show that...

36. While an individual's underlying beliefs help shape his opinions on particular issues, two other important factors are:

37. Which of the following is not true?

38. If a person does not know anything about a proposed piece of legislation but supports it because Barack Obama endorsed it: we would say the person:

39. Recent studies by political scientists have shown that ;

40. The ability of citizens to influence their government through an awareness of an interest in politics is called;

41. The concept of marketplace of ideas refers to;

42. Why does the marketplace of ideas often have a moderating effect on people's opinions?

43. Which of the following statements about the marketplace of ideas is true?

44. Which of the following statements about the forces that shape public opinion is not true?

45. Which of the following was not part of the Bush administration's effort to maintaing support for its war on terror?

46. Which of the following statements about governmental public relations efforts is not true?

47. Which of the following best characterizes the Clinton White House's attempts to influence public opinion?

48. Which organizations are committed to developing and marketing conservative ideas and policies?

49. Each of the following is a liberal organization except;

50. Which of the following statements is not true?

51. Political Ideas

52. Which statement concerning the news media is not true?

53. The famous Lincoln-Douglas debates took place

54. Which statement about public opinion polls is not true?

55. The small group selected by pollsters to represent the entire population is called the;

56. In public opinion surveys, a sample of the total population;

57. When pollsters are given a list of people to be surveyed, this list is called the;

58. In 1936, pollsters at the Literary Digest were guilty of____ when they mistakenly predicted a presidential victory for Alf Landor over Franklin Roosevelt by polling people whose names came from the telephone book and automobile registration records.

59. The failure of major pollsters to predict Jesse Ventura's 1998 victory in Minnesota's gubernatorial election demonstrates that;

60. The typical margin of error in a sample survey of 1,500 respondents is;

61. A frequent cause of measurement error in polls is due to;

62. Question formats can cause errors in polling that affect the polls';

63. The practice of push polling involves;

64. When politicians use polling data to emphasize issues to which polls have given more importance than necessary, they have fallen for the;

65. During presidential elections, there is often a post-convention___in the popularity of a presidential candidate resulting from increased media attention.

66. If decide to support a candidate because I see that he or she is the front-runner in a poll, I become an example of;

67. Which of the following statements best summarizes the findings of studies on the relationship between public opinion and public policy in the United States?

69. An important reason for why public policy and public opinion may not coincide in the United States is that:

68. What is an initiative?