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BULLSEYE VOCABULARY

BULLSEYE VOCABULARY. UNIT 2. Political Culture, Political Socialization , Particiapation. Good Luck on your Test!!!!. The science of population changes?. Demography. Most valuable method of understanding demographic changes in America?. Census.

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BULLSEYE VOCABULARY

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  1. BULLSEYE VOCABULARY UNIT 2

  2. Political Culture, PoliticalSocialization, Particiapation Good Luck on your Test!!!!

  3. The science of population changes?

  4. Demography

  5. Most valuablemethod of understanding demographic changes in America?

  6. Census

  7. The distribution of the population’s beliefs about politics and policy issues?

  8. Public Opinion

  9. A process where demographic changes in the United States population translates into political consequences?

  10. reapportionment

  11. The emergence of a non-Caucasian majority, as compared with a white, generally Anglo-Saxon majority is often referred to as?

  12. Minority Majority

  13. The percentage of whites living below the poverty level?

  14. 10 percent

  15. The largest racial/ethnic minority group in the U.S.?

  16. Hispanics

  17. Congressional act that required as of 1987 that employers document citizenship or legal immigrant status of their employees or face criminal charges?

  18. Simpson-Mazzoli

  19. Reapportionment occurs after every census to reallocate seats in?

  20. House of Representatives

  21. The process through which an individual acquires his or her particular political orientations, including knowledge, feelings, and evaluations regarding the political world?

  22. Political socialiation

  23. Scientific public opinion polling was first begun in 1932 by?

  24. George Gallup

  25. Because it is expensive to ask every American his or her opinion, polls rely on?

  26. Sample

  27. In public opinion polls, a sample how small can represent the “universe” of Americans?

  28. 1,500

  29. What is the key to the accuracy of a public opinion poll?

  30. Random sampling

  31. This term refers to how close a sample estimate is to the real population?

  32. Sampling Error

  33. What principle does random sampling in public opinion polling operate?

  34. Everyone should have a equal probability of being selected

  35. 1936 Literary Digest poll underestimated the vote for President Roosevelt because of what error?

  36. Sample was drawn from phone books and motor vehicle records

  37. What percentage of public opinion polls have a sampling error?

  38. 100 Percent

  39. Randomly selecting voting places around the country and asking every tenth person how they voted is?

  40. An Exit Poll

  41. What happened after the Presidential election of 1964 and Watergate?

  42. Public trust in government dropped significantly

  43. A coherent set of values and beliefs about public policy?

  44. Political ideology

  45. When asked about their ideology most people say they are?

  46. moderate

  47. Favors free-market solutions, low taxes, right to life, increased military spending, family values?

  48. Conservative

  49. Which party believes the government has become too large and wide ranging?

  50. Republican

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