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The political party for which one or one's amily usually votes

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Party identification

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Differences in ooliticak views between men and women

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Gender gap

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Differences in political preferences based in more than one variable

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Crosscutting cleavages

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Term to describe the children of parents who participated in radical movements of the 1960s

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Red diaper babies

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A coherent and consistent set of beliefs about who ought to rule, what principles rulers should obey, and what policies they ought to pursue

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Political ideologiy

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People who have a disproportionate amount of political power

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Political elites

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Researcher who found differences in political opinion were closely associated with occupation of the 1950s

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V. O. Key

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Process by which personal and other background traits influence one's views about politics and government

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Political socialization

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Features interviews with voters on Election Day in a representative sample of districts

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Exit polling

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A standard right or proper conduct that helps determine the range of acceptable social behavior and policy options

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Norm

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Refers to the degree to which a person's opinions are consistent across time, or from one issue to the next at any given point in time

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Ideological constraint

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A survey of public opinion

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Poll

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The first major U.S. politician to refer to himself as a \"conservative\"

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Barry Goldwater

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A sample selected in such a way that any member of the population being surveyed has an equal chance of being interviewed

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Random sample

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The difference between the results of two surveys or samples

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Sampling error

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What percentage of college students were of the opinion that we should begin to withdraw from Iraq?

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60%

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What opinions did the college students express with respect to religion and moral direction of the country

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70% said religion was a important part of their life and 54% were concerned with the moral direction of the country

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Who would win the votes of college students in a presidential race between Republican John McCain and Democrat Hillary Clinton

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The respondents in the survey had the same level of support for both candidates, 40%

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What percentage of the general public strongly agrees with the position that prayer in schools violates the Constitution?

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21%

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The majority of which religious group strongly agrees with the position that prayers in schools violates the Constitution

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Jewish (62%)

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How does the American public feel bout having a \"moment of silence\" in schools

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53% support the ideas

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Who was more likely to see the war in Iraq as an issue of importance?

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Women

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Who was more likely to see Social Security as an issue of importance?

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Women

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What is the largest gap for issue importance between men and women?

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Health Care (13 points)

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What percentage of registered voters is categorized as \"liberals\"?

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19%

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What percentage of registered voters is some form of \"conservative\"?

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38%: Conservative Democrats (15%) + Social Conservatives (13%) + Pro-Government Conservatives (10%)

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Which party's members appear to be closer to the views of all registered voters on the topic of allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally?

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They are 14% points above or below the figure for all registered voters

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Which party's members are more likely to describe themselves as \"conservative Christians\"?

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Republicans (66%)

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Which party's members appear to be closer to the opinions of all registered voters on the topic of whether or not we should have used military force against Iraq?

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The Democrats appear to be 7% points closer opinions of all registered viters

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The public supported the Equal Rights Amendment, but it was not ratified

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T

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The Framers of the Constitution did not try to create a government that would do from day to day \"what the people want\"

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T

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Studies of the public opinion in the 1940s found most citizens had high levels of knowledge about government and policy

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F; The vast majority knew next to nothing about government and had only vague notions even on much publicized public policy matters that affected them directly

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Since 1952, the major polls have a modest record with respect to predicting the winner in presidential elections

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F; Every major poll has correctly picked every winner in such races

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The majority of young people identify with their parents' political party

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T

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The proportion of citizens who consider themselves Democrats or Republicans has steadily increased since the 1950s

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F; the proportion of Independents has increased. Democrats and Republicans have decreased

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Younger voters have weaker sense of partisanship than older ones

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T

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\"Red-Diaper Babies\" are the sons and daughters of 1950s conservatives

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F; they are the sons and daughters of 1960s radicals

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Studies suggest religious influences on public opinion are most pronounced with respect to economic issues

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F; religious influences are most pronounced in social issues

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The gender gap is not evident in midterm elections

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F; it did not assert itself for some time but, today, it is also evident in midterm elections

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Women are much more likely to think that all handguns should be banned

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T

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The gender gap is a recent phenomenon in American politics

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F; the gap has been around for a long time

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Today, there is evidence to suggest that college students are more conservative than they were 20 years ago

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T

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Today's college students are much more likely to read newspapers and magazines

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F; they are less likely to read newspapers and magazines

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Most blue-collar workers in Great Britain think themselves as \"middle class\"

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F; they consider themselves working ckass

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In the United States, public opinion is less divided by class than it is in Europe

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T

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Class voting has declined in France, Great Britain, and Germany since the 1940s

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T

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African Americans are overwhelmingly Democrats

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T

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Asian Americans tend to identify with the Republican Party

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T

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Korean Americans tend to identify with the Republican Party

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T

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Korean Americans tend to appear to be more liberal than Japanese Americans

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T

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Latinos from Mexico are more likely to be Democratic than those from Cuba

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T

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The South has, on the whole, been less accommodating to business enterprises than other regions

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F; the south has been more accomodating

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The better informed people are about politics and the more interest they take in it, the less likely they are to have consistently liberal of conservative views

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F; with higher levels of information typically comes higher levels of ideological constraint

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Ronald Reagan was the first presidential candidate to declare himself a \"conservative\"

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F; Barry Goldwater was the first

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Clinton won presidency in 1992 and 1996 without carrying the south

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T

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Delegates to the presidential nominating conventions tend to be more ideological than the average voter

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T

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According to the text, elites do not define economic problems

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T

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What goal is not listed in the preamble to the constitution

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Equality (Justice, domestic tranquility, common defense, and general welfare all are)

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Which is intended to serve as a check on public opinion

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Representative government, federalism, separation of powers, an independent judiciary

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The Framers understood that _____ would be the chief source of opinion on most matters

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Factions and interest grouos

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The classic research on Monetary Control Bill suggests we should be cautious in how we think about polling because respondents will

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Express opinions about things that do not even exist

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A properly conducted poll of 250 million people can capture \"public opinion\" with as few as

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1,500 people

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Research indicates over half of children identify with their partisan preferences if at least one of their parents by the time they are

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In the fifth grade

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In adulthood, people whose party identification differs from their parents usually call themselves

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Independents

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In recent years the influence of the family on party identification has

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Decreased

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Younger Americans are more likely than older Americans to support

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Gay marriage, vouchers for private or religious schools, women's rights, letting citizens invest some of their Social Security contributions in the stock market

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The transfer of political beliefs form generation to generation does not appear in large national studies of political attitudes because

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Few Americans are either far left or far right of the political spectrum

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The \"gender gap\" refers to the tendency of female voters to _____ in recent elections

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Support democratic candidates

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The authors suggest the most plausible explanation of the gender gap is

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The fact that men have \"deserted\" the democratic oarty

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Which of the following statements regarding the behavior of males and females since 1980 is correct

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Females have voted at a somewhat higher rate

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There is much research which indicates attending college tends to make people more ____ than the general population

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Liberal

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Students attending more prestigious or selective colleges are more ______ than the general population

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Liberal

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The political liberalizing effects of college among older Americans were probably attributable to the fact that yesteryear's college graduates

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Read newspapers and magazines

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In a classic study by V.O. Key in the 1950s differences in political opinion were closely associated with

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Occupation

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When political scientists see how accurately they can predict a person's view on one issue based on views on a different issue, then the focus is on

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Constraint

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In a typical ideological self-identification survey, the largest group of Americans will

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Classify themselves as moderate

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In a typical ideological self-identification survey, the smallest group of Americans will

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Refuse to classify themselves in any manner

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The terms liberal and conservative are _____ political elites

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Very meaningful for

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Which group displays the most consistency I political attitudes

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Political activists

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The rate at which governments adopt policies supported by majorities in polls

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Has decreased

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Which of the following is incorrect assessment of elite opinion

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Elites are unified in interests and opinions

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