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ap governnmennt
chapter 7
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12th Grade
10/19/2009

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Watergate break in
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1972 illegal entry into the democratic national committee offices by participants in Richard Nixon's reelection campaign
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public opinion
Definition
the aggregate of individual attitudes or beliefs shared by some portion of the adult population.
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consensus
Definition
general agreement among the citizenry on an issue
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divisive opinion
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public opinion that is polarized between two quite different position
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intensity
Definition
how strong for or against an issue
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fluidity
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how much public opinion changes over time
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stability
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how long public opinion stays same
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relevance
Definition
extent to which an issue is of concern at a particular time
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opinion poll
Definition
a method of systematically questioning a small selected sample of respondents who are deemed representative of the total population
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sampling error
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difference between a samples results and the true result if the entire population had been intervened
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political socialization
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process by which people acquire political beliefs and attitudes
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peer group
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a group consisting of members sharing common relevant social characteristic
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generational effect
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a long lasting effect of events of a particualar time period on the political opinion or preferences of those who came of political age at that time
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