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a plebiscite is

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a popular vote on national policy issues

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regarding the impact of the public in American national decision making, the founders wanted

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a system legitimated by the public but also protected from the possible dangers of the publics power

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public opinion should matter in American politics, but realistically it does matter in American politics because

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politicians and the media act as if it matters

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one advantage of direct contact between elected officials and the public verses the use of public opinion polls is that direct contact

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makes it less likely that certain public concerns will be overlooked

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if you are conducting a horse race poll, you want your sample to comprise

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likely voters

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according to studies, americans tend to be

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not very acknowledgeable about politics

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regarding tolerance, americans are generally

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supportive of general issues such as free speech but less supportive when asked to extend rights to unpopular groups

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which of the following is not and argument put fourth by the textbooks authors

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in many ways, less educated people are more tolerant than educated people

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in general, which of the following statements is not true regarding whether americans meet the criteria for being ideal democratic citizens

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compared with other countries, the US has high voter participation rates

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tolerance is a key democratic value because

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it is a prerequisite for compromise

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compared with other industrial nations, the us ranks ___ in voter participation

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near the bottom

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voter turnout for us national election is

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the lowest, or among the lowest, among industrialized nations

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according to the text, the current process of political socialization in the US

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trains us to support and obey the existing political system

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which of the following is not mentioned in the textbook as a agent of socialization

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the internet

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the sharp decline in trust in government among the public in the 1960s and 1970s is used by the authors to show the effects on political socialization of

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political and social events

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which of the following pairs if items concerning socialization is not linked properly

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the media, ideological orientation

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the textbook does not argue the following

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self interest is a source of agreement in public opinion

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self interest is a source of

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agreement in society

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education is a source of all of the following except

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apathy

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major political and social events are an important source of socialization, therefore all of the following statements are true except

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socialization does not exist because people learn politics somewhat differently

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which of the following statements concerning the roles of ideology and partisanship in shaping public opinion are not true

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most americans are too moderate or nonpartisan for these concepts to have much influence on them

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a citizens ability to hold democratic beliefs, including the acceptance that politics is about compromise is called

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democratic engagement

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which of the following statements concerning the relationship between age and opinions is not true

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people tend to become more conservative as they age

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the gender gap is especially large on issues of

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violence

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which of the following statements concerning the relationship between gender and public opinion is not true

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women have become more liberal in the past 30 years

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which of the following statements is not true

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blacks are less likely than whites to favor bible prayer in school

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which of the following is not true about religion

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catholics are strongly republican

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all of the following have great influence on public policy except

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the young

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the collective decisions of citizens reflect a greater level of knowledge than public opinion polls reflect because of all of the following except

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the desire to hide our real views from pollsters

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the portion on the population selected to participate in a poll is known as the

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sample

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which relationship sample size and sampling error is correct

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the larger the sample, the smaller the sampling error will be

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when politicians try to determine public opinion by listening to their supporters and friendly interest groups, they are likely to face the problem of

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sample bias

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unscientific polls that are often conducted by newspapers and politicians to determine who is ahead in a political race are called ___ polls

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benchmark

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with respect to constructing survey questions, all of the following statements are true except

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surveys tend to underestimate the racial tolerance of the American people

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sampling error refers to

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a number that indicates within what range in the results of a poll are accurate

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today the most likely cause of sample bias in polls is

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when a person is picked for the sample and he cant be contacted or refuses to participate

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one concern about the wording of questions in polls is that the person being sampled will be unfamiliar with a subject and thereby will

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give responses solely based on cues picked up from the context of the interview or the question

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benchmark polls

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are instrumental in designing campaign strategy

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benchmark polls and tracking polls are two types of

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campaign polls

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we can conclude from the history of polling that

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polls are reliable only when they are timely and have been conducted using the proper procedures

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which of the following is not true regarding policy

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a poll that showed candidate a with 48%.......

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If you are to be a critical watcher of polls, among the issues of concern are all of the following except

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whether the poll agrees with your position

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which of the following statements concerning sampling bias is not true

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pollsters are often unaware of the problem of sampling bias

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when the Chicago tribune mistakenly declared that Dewey had defeated Truman in the 1948 presidential election, the newspaper had made the mistake of

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not realizing that some people decide who to vote for right up to the day of an election

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public opinion pollsters will often ask respondents their opinion on complex issues and public policies. research indicates these questions are most likely to

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ask respondents to express an opinion about something they do not know

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a survey question such as do you support or oppose being allowed to take the life time learning credit during the years in which you pay ....

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it is likely that few people have thought about the issue

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a survey question such as how many times in the past month have you used drugs is a problem because

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the question ambiguous and loaded

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good survey questions meet all of the following criteria except

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they are always short

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tracking polls are significant because they

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can catch daily changes in public opinion that other horse race polls cant

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which of the following statements concerning exit polls is not true

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they are a form of pseudo polls

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internet polls are

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unreliable

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the authors conclude that, in general, the accuracy of election polls is

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quite good

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which of the following statements concerning technology and polling is not true

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autodialing is one method of overcoming the problem caused by citizen reliance on cell phones

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rational ignorance refers to

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the state of being uninformed about politics because the cost in time and energy does not produce tangible or measurable results

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the process by which citizens take their political cues from more well informed opinion leaders is known as

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the two step flow of information

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the role of public opinion in government today is strongly debated because

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on the one hand we want our opinions to be heard, but on the other hand, we do not want politicians to blindly follow public opinion

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those who favor __ democracy would be least likely to favor popular votes on national policy issues

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an elite

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