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| A group of poll respondents that does not accurately represent the target population and provides inaccurate estimates of the true opinions and attitudes of the target population. |
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| The chance, measured in percent, that the results of a survey will fall within the boundaries set by the margin of error. |
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| Delegate model of representative democracy |
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| The idea that the job of elected leaders is make decisions solely based on the views of the majority of the people. |
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| The idea of public opinion being either positive or negative (favorable or unfavorable) on an issue. |
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| The attitudes or beliefs of those people with influential positions within society. |
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| The idea that policymakers have become so sensitive to public opinion that they are subservient to any brief shift opinion. |
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| A consistent set of values, attitudes, and beliefs about the appropriate role of government in society. |
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| The process of designing survey questionnaires. |
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| How strongly people hold the beliefs or attitudes that compromise public opinion. |
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| A section of the public with a strong interest in a particular issue. |
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| That amount that sample responses are likely to differ from those of the population within very tight boundaries that are known as the confidence level. |
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| A set of shared beliefs that includes a broad agreement about the basic political values, the legitimacy of political institutions, and general acceptance of the process government uses to make policy. |
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| The translation of personal preference into a voluntary action designed to influence public policy. |
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| The process through which a younger generation learns political values from previous generations. |
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| The of the individual attitudes or beliefs about an issue or question. |
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| A type of public opinion that intentionally uses leading or biased questions in order to manipulate the responses. |
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| A method of selecting a sample (subset of the population) in which every person in the target population has an equal chance of being selected. |
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| Groups that influence the political attitudes of non-group members. |
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| The prominence or visibility of an issue or question and how important the issue is to the public. |
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| The likelihood of changes in the direction of public opinion. |
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| Unscientific polls based on nonrandom samples. |
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| Trustee system of democracy |
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| The idea that the job of elected leaders is to make decisions based on their own expertise and judgement, and not just make decisions based on the wishes and preferences of constituents. |
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