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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Equal opportunity | The condition in which people, although not guarantees equal rewards, expect to have comparable chances to compete for those rewards. |
| Political efficacy | A citizen's capacity to understand and influence political events. |
| Evangelical Christians | People who say that they have been "born again" and who see certain moral questions as political ideas . |
| Gender gap | Difference in political views between men and women. |
| Political elites | People who have a disproportionate amount of political power. |
| Libertarian | One who is conservative on economic issues, liberal on personal conduct issues. |
| Conservative | One who favors more limited and local government, less government regulation of markets, and more social conformity to traditional norms and values. |
| Liberal | One who favors more government regulation of business and support for social welfare but less regulation of private social conduct. |
| Poll | A survey of public opinion. |
| Random sample | A sample collected in such a way that ant member of the population being surveyed has an equal chance of being interviewed. |
| Sampling error | the difference between results of two surveys or samples. |
| Silent majority | A phrase used to describe people, whatever their economic status, who uphold traditional values, especially against the counterculture of the 1960s. |
| Voter apathy | The lack of interest among the citizenry in participating in elections. |
| Literacy tests | Requirement that voters be able to read; formerly used in the south to disenfranchise blacks. |
| Poll tax | Proof of tax payment, to be produced when voting; used to disenfranchise blacks. |
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