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AP Government - Chapter 5 Vocabulary

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Chapter 5 Terms
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John Q. Public   Colloquial term for average citizens and what they want or believe.  
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Middle America   A phrase coined by Joseph Kraft in a 1968 newspaper column to refer to Americans who have moved out of poverty but are not yet affluent and who cherish traditional middle-class values.  
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Silent Majority   A phrase used to describe people, whatever their economic status, who uphold traditional values, especially against the counter culture of the 1960's.  
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Social Status   A measure of one's social standing obtained by combining factors such as education, income, and occupation.  
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Religious tradition   The moral teachings of religious institutions on religious, social, and economic issues.  
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Gender gap   Differences ni the political views and voting behavior of men and women.  
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Poll   A survey of public opinion  
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Random Sample   A sample selected in such a way that any member of the population being surveyed has an equal chance of being interviewed.  
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Liberal   In general, a person who favors a more active federal government for regulating business, supporting social welfare, and protecting minority rights, but who prefers less regulation of private social conduct.  
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Conservative   In general, a person who favors more limited and local government, less government regulation of markets, and more social conformity to traditional norms and values, and tougher policies toward criminals.  
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Political Ideology   A more or less consistent set of views as to the policies government ought to pursue.  
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Sampling Error   The difference between the results of two surveys or samples.  
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Libertarians   People who wish to maximize a personal liberty on both economic and social issues. The prefer a small, weak government, that has little control over either the economy or the personal lives of citizens.  
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Populists   People who hold liberal views on economic matters and conservative ones on social matters. The prefer a strong government that will reduce economic inequality, regulate businesses, and impose strincter social and criminal sanctions  
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Political elite   An identifiable group of persons who poses a disporportional share of some valued resource, such as moeny or political power.  
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Norm   A standard of right or proper conduct that helps determine the rage of aceptable social behavior and policy options.  
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