POS 2041 Exam 2 ACTUAL UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
public opinion the distribution of the population's beliefs about politics and policy issues
demography the science of population changes
census an "actual enumeration" of the population, which the Consitution requires that the
govt. conduct every 10 years the is a valuable tool for understanding
demographic changes.
melting pot a term often used to characterize the US, which its history of immigration and
mixing of cultures, ideas, and people
minority majority the situation, likely beginning in the mid-twenty-first century, which the non-
hispanic whites will represnt a minority of the US population and minority groups
together will represent the majority
political culture an overall set of values widely shared within a society
reapportionment the process of reallocating seats in the House of Representatives every 10 years
on the basis of the results of the census
, political socialization the process through which individuals in a society acquire political attitudes ,
views, and knowledge, based on inputs from family, schools, the media, and
others.
sample a relatively small proportion of people who are chosen in survey so as to be
representive of the whole
random sampling the key technique employed by survey researchers, which operates on the
principle that everyone should have an equal probablity of being selected for the
sample
sampling error the level of condidence in the findings of a public opinion poll. the more people
interviewed the more confident one can be of the results
random-digit dialing a technique used by pollsters to place telephone calls randomly to both listed
and unlisted numbers when conducting a survey
exit poll public opinion surveys used by major media pollsters to predict electoral winners
with speed and precison
political ideology a coherent set of beliefs about politics, public policy, and public purpose, which
helps give meaning to political events
gender gap the regular pattern in which women are more likely to support Democratic
candidates in part because they tend to be less conservative then men and more
likely to support spending on social services and to oppose higher levels of
military spending
political participation all the activities uded by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or
the policies they pursue. the most common means of political participation in a
democracy is voting; other means include protest and civil disobedience
protest a form of political particiapation desined to achieve policy change through
dramatic and unconventional tactics
civil disobendience a form of political participation based on a conscious decision to break a law
believed to be unjust and to suffer the consequences
political party according to Anthony Downs a "team of men(and women) seeking to control the
governing appartus by gaining office in a duly consituted election
public opinion the distribution of the population's beliefs about politics and policy issues
demography the science of population changes
census an "actual enumeration" of the population, which the Consitution requires that the
govt. conduct every 10 years the is a valuable tool for understanding
demographic changes.
melting pot a term often used to characterize the US, which its history of immigration and
mixing of cultures, ideas, and people
minority majority the situation, likely beginning in the mid-twenty-first century, which the non-
hispanic whites will represnt a minority of the US population and minority groups
together will represent the majority
political culture an overall set of values widely shared within a society
reapportionment the process of reallocating seats in the House of Representatives every 10 years
on the basis of the results of the census
, political socialization the process through which individuals in a society acquire political attitudes ,
views, and knowledge, based on inputs from family, schools, the media, and
others.
sample a relatively small proportion of people who are chosen in survey so as to be
representive of the whole
random sampling the key technique employed by survey researchers, which operates on the
principle that everyone should have an equal probablity of being selected for the
sample
sampling error the level of condidence in the findings of a public opinion poll. the more people
interviewed the more confident one can be of the results
random-digit dialing a technique used by pollsters to place telephone calls randomly to both listed
and unlisted numbers when conducting a survey
exit poll public opinion surveys used by major media pollsters to predict electoral winners
with speed and precison
political ideology a coherent set of beliefs about politics, public policy, and public purpose, which
helps give meaning to political events
gender gap the regular pattern in which women are more likely to support Democratic
candidates in part because they tend to be less conservative then men and more
likely to support spending on social services and to oppose higher levels of
military spending
political participation all the activities uded by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or
the policies they pursue. the most common means of political participation in a
democracy is voting; other means include protest and civil disobedience
protest a form of political particiapation desined to achieve policy change through
dramatic and unconventional tactics
civil disobendience a form of political participation based on a conscious decision to break a law
believed to be unjust and to suffer the consequences
political party according to Anthony Downs a "team of men(and women) seeking to control the
governing appartus by gaining office in a duly consituted election
