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Political Opinion
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The collected attitudes of citizens concerning a given issue or question. Dealing with a specific issue or question.
- George Gallop - Statistician, came up with a method of calculating a fairly accurate prediction of public opinion. |
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Political Socialization
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| A complex process by which people acquire their political values, become aware of politics, learn political facts, and form political values. |
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| More Social Freedom, more gov’t control over economy |
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| More gov’t control over social freedom, laissez faire economy |
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| Less government control period |
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| Publication of Written Word |
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Federal Communications Act of 1934
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| A law that regulated the broadcast of and telephone industries for more than 60 years. Created the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which now regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, telephone, telegraph, cable, and satellite. |
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Telecommunications Act of 1996
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| Act that “swept away” most of the existing regulations of the FCC, in an effort to allow businesses the channel to exploit new electronic technologies. |
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Horse Race Journalism
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| Media coverage, during elections, that focuses on which candidate is “ahead in the polls, who’s raising the most money, who’s got TV ads and who’s getting endorsed” rather than on the national issues at stake. |
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| Type of journalism aimed at holding public personalities and institutions whose functions impact social and political life. |
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| The degree to which a news story is important enough to be covered in the mass media. Typically the criterion is its audience appeal, degree of sensationalism (exemplified by violence, conflict, disaster, or scandal), etc. |
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| Media executives, news editors, and prominent reporters who direct the flow of news: they decide which events to report and how to handle the elements in those stories |
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| A list of issues that people identify as needing government attention |
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Primacy Principle
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| An agent of socialization that claims what is learned first is learned best. |
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Conventional Participation
Page 196 |
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| Register to Vote, Voting, E-Mail, Campaign, Running, Protesting. |
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Unconventional Participation
Page 196 |
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| Sit-Ins, Boycotts, Strikes, Protesting |
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| Prohibits ant US Citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex. Gave women the right to vote. |
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Public Opinion Polling
Page 128 |
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| Involves interviewing a sample of citizens to estimate public opinion as a whole. |
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Voter Turnout Norms in Presidential, State, and Local Elections
Page 117, 208, 215, 217 |
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| Studies show that voters are much less likely to vote in local elections than national elections. US 48% vs. 70% - 95% in Rest of World. The US ranks at the bottom of 27 countries in voter turnout. |
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| A philosophy of political reform based upon the goodness and wisdom of the individual citizen as opposed to special interest and political institutions. |
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| A preliminary election, run by the State gov't, in which the voters choose each party's candidate for the general election. |
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| A primary election in which voters must declare their party affiliation before they are given the primary ballot containing that party’s potential nominees. Most common type, ~40 states. |
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| A primary election in which voters need not declare their party affiliation but must choose one party’s primary ballot to take into the voting booth. A few states use this. |
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| The process for removing an elected official from office. Backed by the Progressives, a special election initiated by a petition signed by a specified number of voters. |
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| A direct vote by the people on either a proposed law or an amendment to a state constitution. |
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| A procedure by which voters can propose a measure to be decided by the legislature or by the people in a referendum. It requires gathering a specified number of signatures and submitting a petition to a designated agency. |
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Critical Election
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| An election that produces a sharp change in the existing pattern of party loyalties among groups of voters. |
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Party Identification
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| A voters sense of psychological attachment to a party. (Which is not the same thing as voting for a particular party in any given election) |
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- Idealogical: Reporters Voting, Claims are biased in Media
- Bad News Bias (Violent): Reporting
- Scandal Bias: Sex Scandals
- Anti-Policy: Cover Debate, Not What It's About
- Anti-International: Strong news on International issues, but no real reporting |
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- Idealogical: Reporters Voting, Claims are biased in Media
- Bad News Bias (Violent): Reporting
- Scandal Bias: Sex Scandals
- Anti-Policy: Cover Debate, Not What It's About
- Anti-International: Strong news on International issues, but no real reporting |
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Electoral College
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| A body of electors chosen by voters to cast ballots for President and Vice President |
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| A closed meeting of the members of a political party to decide upon questions of policy and the selection of candidates for office. |
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| An organized group of individuals that seeks to influence public policy. Also called a Lobby. |
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Federal Elections Campaign Act of 1974
Page 284 |
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| Placed legal limits on campaign contributions from PAC's |
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Mccain-Feingold of 2002
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The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002
Page 286 |
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| Increased the role of “Soft Money,” prohibited PAC’s from raising or spending funds not subject to federal limits. Prohibited Issue-Advocacy ads that favored a certain candidate. |
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