Public Opinion and Political Action (Ch. 6)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 public opinion | distribution of the population's beliefs about politics and policy issues |
| demography | science of population changes |
| census | required by the Constitution that the government conduct an "actual enumeration" of the population every 10 years |
| melting pot | mixing of cultures, ideas, and peoples that has changed the American nation |
| minority majority | emergence of a non-Caucasian majority, as compared with a White majority; that by 2045, Hispanic Americans, African Americans, and Asian Americans together will outnumber White Americans |
| political culture | an overall set of values widely shared within a society |
| reapportionment | process of reallocating seats in the House of Representatives every 10 years on the basis of the results of the census |
| political socialization | "the process through which an individual acquires his/her particular political orientations--his/her knowledge, feelings, and evaluations regarding his/her political world" |
| sample | relatively small proportion of people who are chose in a survey so as to be representative of the whole |
| random sampling | key technique employed by sophisticated survey researchers, which operates on the principle that everyone should have an equal probability of being selected for the sample |
| sampling error | level of confidence in the findings of a public opinion poll |
| random-digit dialing | technique used by pollsters to place telephone calls randomly to both listed and unlisted numbers when conducting a survey |
| exit polls | public opinion surveys used by major media pollsters to predict electoral winners with speed and precision |
| political ideology | coherent set of beliefs about politics, public policy, and public purpose |
| gender gap | refers to the regular pattern by which women are more likely to support Democratic candidates |
| political participation | all the activities used by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or the policies they pursue |
| protest | designed to achieve policy change through dramatic and unconventional tactics |
| civil disobedience | reflects a conscious decision to break a law believed to be immoral and to suffer the consequences |
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