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Question Wording and Political Socialization

Question Wording and Political Socialization. Dr. Brian William Smith. Learning Objectives. Understand basics of polling Be able to analyze and explain polling and survey data. Evaluate how people develop political opinions and how this impacts their political behavior.

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Question Wording and Political Socialization

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  1. Question Wording and Political Socialization Dr. Brian William Smith

  2. Learning Objectives Understand basics of polling Be able to analyze and explain polling and survey data. Evaluate how people develop political opinions and how this impacts their political behavior.

  3. Questionnaire Construction

  4. Question Style • Open Ended • Closed Ended

  5. Question Order is Key • Intro and Filter • First Questions • Major Questions • Final Questions- demographics

  6. How you should Phrase Questions • Language • Information Level • One question 1 concept

  7. Question Bias • Leading Questions • Double Barreled Questions

  8. A bad question • 1. What do you think is the most important issue currently facing St. Edward’s University? a. Groundskeeping b. Food Service c. Heating d. Athletic Field Maintenance

  9. Another One If you had to make up the SEU Budget, and could only keep one of the following activities which of the items would you keep? a. Faculty Lunch Colloquium b. Expanded Library Hours c. Reduced parking rates for faculty d. Discounted tickets for Topper Club members

  10. Info Level problem With the problems of “mad cow” disease and potential problems with the existing BHT growth hormone, do you agree that Texas Universities, should continue testing the experimental BVT growth hormone on TexasLivestock a. Agree b. Disagree. c. Don't Know

  11. Americans Lie • Socially Acceptable Questions • Always Remember Homer Simpson's Code of the Schoolyard • Don't tattle • Always make fun of those different from you.  • Never say anything, unless you're sure everyone feels exactly the same way you do.

  12. Verify all Polls • Who Conducted it • How many they sampled • How they sampled • Specific question wording

  13. Political socialization

  14. What is Political Socialization • How we learn about government • Cultural Norms • Political Behavior

  15. We Learn the American Creed • Freedom • Equality • Support for the System

  16. We Believe in Equality of Opportunity • Anyone can get ahead • Equal chance at political participation

  17. We Are Proud to Be Americans

  18. Who are our important agents? • Parents • Peers • School • Media

  19. What makes them important • Exposure • Communication • Receptivity

  20. Agents of Socialization

  21. The Family • We spend tons of time with them • The more time, the more influence

  22. Why Family • Socio-economic status • Primacy Principle • Structuring Principle • It Ebbs

  23. The First Things We Learn (pre-school) • Little kids confuse political and religious authority • Cops are good • So is the flag

  24. Early Childhood • The President • Police • Neither can do wrong

  25. Late Childhood • Government as a civics lesson • We also learn some wrong things

  26. Adolescence • We learn more concepts • We get less trusting • We get more cynical

  27. What We Take out of it: Party ID • We often get our parents partisanship • Communication • Values • Genetics

  28. The Role of Peers • Often Reinforce our Parents views • We do not tend to discuss politics • Our friends often share our SES and values

  29. Work Peers • We work with people like us • They share our SES • Our views are unlikely to change

  30. What about Schools • Teach the status quo • Correlate with our parents • Ritualizes Nationalism

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