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Push poll----


Polling technique in which questions are designed to shape the respondent's opinion


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push polling




Unit rule: All of a states electoral votes goes to a pop vote winner (unit rule) Maine
and Nebraska do not use unit rule.


A rule under which a delegation to a national political convention casts its entire vote
as a unit as determined by a majority vote.


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, unit rule




political parties have a broader set of policy concers


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functions of poltical parties




Bandwagon effect


Shift in electoral support to the candidate that public opinion polls report is the front-
runner


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bandwagon effect




Equal time rule: broadcasters must provide candidates for the same political office
equal opportunities to communicate their messages to the public (required to make
time availible to candidates at lowest rate of charge)


Right of Rebuttal: requires individuals to be given the opportunity to respond to
personal attacks made on a radio or tv broadcast


Fairness doctrine: broadcasters who aired program on controversial issues issues
were required to provide time for opposing for opposing views. 1987- FCC revoked it
because of the numerous amounts of radio/tv stations (not presenting all sides of an
argument)

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Regulation of Media- equal time rule/ right of rebuttal/ fairness doctrine




Public opinion polls are scientific instruments for measuring public opinion.


Some polls are meant to give a slanted set of responses (campaign internal polling);
they are public relations and campaign tools.
The standards for evaluating a valid poll are not complicated for even the casual
consumer to assess: a publicly displayed methodology statement and a publicly
posted questionnaire are two harbingers.


Evaluating a methodology statement: sample size, sample technique, medium (online,
robocall, live interviews), and other traits can be discussed in class using a recent
National Election Pool (NEP) methodology statement.


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Measurements of public opinion




Public goods: (collective goods) benefits that are offered by groups (usually citizens'
groups) as an incentive for membership but that are nondivisible (such as a clean
environment) and therefore are available to nonmembers as well as members of he
particular group


Private goods: benefits that a group (most often an economic group) can grant
directly and exclusively to individual members of the group


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, public/private goods




the gap in access to the Internet among demographic groups based on education,
income, age, geographic location, and race/ethnicity


(disparity)


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Digital divide




Trump won the presidency, winning the majority of votes in the electoral college,
though Clinton won the popular vote.


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popular vote presidential winners vs. electoral college winners




political action committees established to make independent expenditures


Can raise unlimited amounts of money


Cannot make direct campaign contributions or coordinate with candidates; can only
make independent expenditures


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