Chapter 7-8 AP Government
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Poll | A 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 | The differences between results of random samples taken at the same time. |
| Exit Polls | Polls based on interviews conducted on election day with randomly selected voters. |
| Political Socialization | Process by which background traits influence one's political views. |
| Elite | People who have a disproportional amount of some valued resource. |
| Gender Gap | Difference in political views between men and women. |
| Political Ideology | A more or less consistent set of beliefs about what policies government ought to pursue. |
| Political Elites | Persons with disproportional share of political power. |
| Norm | A standard of right or proper conduct. |
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| Voting-age population | Citizens who are eligible to vote after reaching the minimum age requirement. |
| Registered Voters | People who are registered to vote. |
| Literacy test | A requirement that citizens show that they can read before registering to vote. |
| Poll tax | A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote. |
| Grandfather clause | A clause in registration laws allowing people who do not meet registration requirements to vote if their ancestors had voted before 1867. |
| White primary | The practice of keeping blacks from voting in southern states' primaries through arbitrary use of registration requirements and intimidation. |
| Australian ballot | A government printed ballot of uniform dimensions to be cast in secret that many states adopted around 1890 to reduce voting fraud associated with party printed ballots cast in public. |
| Activists | People who tend to participate in all forms of politics. |
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