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Get faster at matching terms Terms in this set (104)Sets with similar termsOpinion polls: interviews or survey with samples of citizens that are used to estimate the feelings and beliefs of the entire population. Tracking polls: Includes questions that go too far; designed to give negative or even untruthful information about a candidate's opponent with the goal to push them AWAY from that candidate and toward the one paying for the poll. Entrance polls: a poll taken before voters have cast their votes at polling stations. i.e. similar to
public opinion polls, meant to gauge public opinion on who they voted for and why . Exit polls: a poll of people leaving a polling place, asking how they voted. i.e. election exit polls are polls taken immediately after they have exited polling stations. Upgrade to remove ads Only ₩37,125/year
Terms in this set (30)Agents of political socialization include _________________________. family, schools, churches, the media, opinion leaders, and peer groups For established voters, ________________________ is one of the most important and lasting predictions of how a person will vote. party identification When people vote for candidates who share their positions on particular issues, they are engaging in ______________________. policy voting Socioeconomic factors that influence how people vote include _______________________. educational attainment, occupation and income, age, gender, religion and ethnic background, and geographic region The difference between the percentage of votes cast for a candidate by women and the percentage cast by men is called ______________________________. the gender gap A random sample means that ________________________. each person within the entire population being polled has an equal chance of being chosen When a pollster's result appear to consistently favor a particular party, polling experts refer to the phenomenon as a _________________________. house effect A ___________________ is a campaign tactic used to feed false or misleading information to potential voters, under the guise of conducting an opinion poll. push poll In the years immediately following the adoption of the Constitution, most states limited the right to vote to adult white men who __________________________. owned property Methods used to keep African Americans from voting even after the Fifteen Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified included ________________________. literacy tests, poll taxes, the grandfather clause, and white primaries Most political socialization is informal, and it usually begins _____________________. during early childhood The family is an important agent of political socialization because ________________________. a child first sees the political world though the eyes of his or her family Historically, ______________________ issues have had the strongest influence on voter's choices. foreign policy A Literary Digest poll incorrectly predicted that Alfred Landon would win the presidential election in 1936 because the _______________________________________. pollsters used a random sample In 1971 the Twenty-sixth Amendment reduced the minimum voting age to _________________. eighteen Among the factors affecting voter turnout, ___________________ appears to be the most important. educational attainment agents of political socialization people and institutions that influence the political views of others media forms of communication that provide news and entertainment peer group a social group whose members have interests, social position, and age in common political socialization the process by which people gain their political attitudes and opinions public opinion how people think or feel about particular things gender gap difference in political views between men and women Solid South A term used to describe the tendency of the southern states to vote Democratic after the Civil War. biased sample A sample that does not fairly represent the population public opinion poll a survey in which individuals are asked to answer questions about a particular issue or person straw poll unscientific survey used to gauge public opinion on a variety of issues and policies grandfather clause allowed a person to vote as long as his ancestors had voted prior to 1860's vote-eligible population the number of people who are actually eligible to vote in an American election voting-age population adults eighteen years of age and older white primary primary elections from which African Americans were excluded Recommended textbook solutions American Government1st EditionGlen Krutz 412 solutions Gateway to American Government: The Bridge to Success on Florida's EOC TestMark Jarrett, Robert Yahng 166 solutions
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What is the most important and influential agent of political socialization quizlet?Friends, especially important for adolescent and college people. A specific event can act as a sudden and powerful agent of political socialization. For some individuals their religion —Christianity, Judaism, Islam— is a powerful agent.
Which of the following is an agent of political socialization quizlet?What are the 6 agents of political socialization? The Family, Schools, Mass Media, Peers, Churches and religion, Political Institutions and Leaders. -It is the first agent of socialization that a child encounters.
What is the first and most important source of political socialization quizlet?For this reason, family tends to be the most important source of political socialization. Very often, people end up with political beliefs similar to those of their parents. Children most likely inherit there parents belief.
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