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| the aggregate of individual attitudes or beliefs shared by some portion of adults. |
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| when there is general agreement on an issue. |
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| the process by which individuals acpuire political beliefs and values. |
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| the family and social environment |
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| political attitudes begin to develop in children and the major influence in these early values is the family. |
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| education as a source of political socilization |
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| education introduces individuals to ideas ourside of the home and outside of the local community. |
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| as people interact with others in school, work or ocial activities, various values coe into play. |
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| formal or informal leaders who tend to shape the opinion of the public. |
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| the media presents info. on important political topics. |
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| influence of political events |
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| when a major event such as great depression or 9-1-1 shapes an individuals opinion. |
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| what party were the catholics in history |
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| what was the problem with the digest? |
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| the sample was not representative |
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| developed reitivly accurate polling trchniques. |
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| to accuratly predictt the whole based on a sample the sample must be representative. |
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| will be representative within the stated margin error. |
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| the difference between a samples results and the true result if the entire population had been interfviewed |
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general levels of trust with in the government.
have gone up and down. |
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| alexis de tocqueville quote |
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| in no country of the world has the principal of association been more successful used or applied to greater multiturde of objectives than in america |
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| these are incentives associated with social benefits derived from joining a group |
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| come from the econimic benefits or opportunities derived from participating |
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| these com from persoanl beliefs and commitments to an issue. |
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| economic interest groups whose purpose is to please the business community |
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| agricultural interest group |
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| economic interest groups whose purpose is to please farmers or agricultually related business |
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| aim to influence a policy that is favorableto organize labor. |
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| represent workers employeed by the government |
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| interest groups of professionals |
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| represent individuals with specific credentials |
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| in gernal, thse livingin poverty lack the time and money needed to join interest groups. they are repreented by other such as social workers. |
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| two primary methods used to influence officials of the government |
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| how are direct tecniques used by interest groups? |
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private meeting with public officials
testifying before congressional committees
testifying before executive rule mkaing agencies
submitting proposed legislation to members of the legislator for intro.
arranging social gatherings
providing info to legislator |
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| a group of political activists who organize to win elections, to operate the government, and to determine public party |
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| supporters of the constitution |
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| those who thought the states should be the locus of authority and advocated a bill of rights |
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| AMERICAN parties are structured like a pyramid. with a national party organzation at the top and the local party organization at the base. |
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| a system of only two parties |
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| elect cANIdates who recieves a plurality not a majority of the votes |
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| opposes most gov, activity. |
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| a process in which a substantial group of voters switches party allegience. |
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| a drop off in support for the parties |
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| if one ethnic group grows more rapidly than another state can tip a states from one party to the other |
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| federal election campaign act |
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| replaced all previous legislation |
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| bipartisan campaign reform act of 2002 |
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| the act banned soft money contributions to the national part committee. |
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| voters are restricted to voting for canidates of one party. |
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| the pro farmer party advocated progressive reforms |
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| this party advocated "cooperative comonwealth" based on gov. ownership of industry. |
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| this party was pro labor and advocated full equality for african americans |
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| thjis name was given to several successive splinter parties built around individual political leaders. |
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| built around gearge wallace. this party opposed any further promotion of civil rights and advocated a militant foreign policy. |
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| was opposed to federal budget deficits. |
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| generally hostile to globalization |
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| when opinions are polorized between two different positions. |
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| the difference between the percentage of women who vote for a particular candidate and the percentage of men who vote for the candidate. |
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| the difference between the percentage of women who vote for a particular candidate and the percentage of men who vote for the candidate. |
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| activity that is required by interest groups. |
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