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| Those agents, such as the family & the media, that have significant impact on citizens' political socialization. |
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| Cultural (Social) Conservatives |
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| Those who believe that government power should be used to uphold traditional values. |
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| Cultural (Social) Liberals |
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| Those who believe it is not government's role to buttress traditional values at the expense of unconventional or new values. |
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| Those who believe government tries to do too many things that should be left to private interests and economic markets. |
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| Those who believe government should do more to assist people who have difficulty meeting their economic needs on their own. |
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| A general belief about the role & purpose of government. |
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| Those who believe government tries to do too many things that should be left to firms & markets, & who oppose government as an instrument for upholding traditional values. |
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| The personal sense of loyalty that an individual may feel toward a particular political party. |
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| The learning process by which people acquire their political opinions, beliefs, & values. |
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| In a public opinion poll, the people (for example, citizens of a nation) whose opinions are being estimated through interviews with a sample of those people. |
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| Those who believe government should do more to assist people who have difficulty meeting their economic needs & who look to government to uphold traditional values. |
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| The politically relevant opinions held by ordinary citizens that they express openly. |
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| A device for measuring public opinion whereby a relatively small number of individuals (the sample) is interviewed for the purpose of estimating the opinions of a whole community (the population). |
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| In a public opinion poll, the relatively small number of individuals who are interviewed for the purpose of estimating the opinions of an entire population. |
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| A measure of the accuracy of a public opinion poll; mainly a function of sample size & usually expressed in percentage terms. |
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