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Civil Disobedience: As a form of protest, consciously breaking a law they thought was unjust.
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Conventional Political Participation: Voting, trying to persuade others, ringing door bells for a petition, running for office.
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Minority Group Votes: They tend to vote together/ in a similar way.
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paradox of mass politics: The American political system works as well as it does given the discomforting lack of public knowledge.
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Political Socialization: The Process through which an individual aquires his or her particular political orientations.
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Random Digit dialing: Numbers are call randomly so listed and unlisted numbers are called.
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Random Sampling: Every person has the same chance of being selected
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Sampling Error: The level of confidence, which depends on the size if the sample.
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Significance of Family: Parents have a time and emotional commitment.
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Significance of Mass Media: Some kids spend more time watching TV. TV/ Internet. "Chief" source of information.
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Significance of Schools: Public Schools are the governments way of trying to politically socialize the kids. Promotes loyalty and basic values.
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Two ways the aging affects voters: Aging increases political participation and strength of party attachment.
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Unconventional Political Participation: Protesting, Civil Disobedience, and Violence
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What is the Public's General attitude?: Americans are ideological conservatives but operational liberals.