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Ch.5 Vocab. Gov.

TermDefinition
Public opinion The distribution of individual preferences or evaluations of a given issue, candidate, or institution within a specific population.
suffrage Legal right to vote
turnout Number of voters who actually cast votes in an election as a percentage of people able to cast a vote.
political alienation Belief that politics is irrelevant and that one cannot personally affect public affairs
"Motor Voter Act" Federal mandate that states offer voter registration at driver's license and welfare offices
literacy test Examination of a person's ability to read and right as a prerequisite to voter registration, outlawed by Voter's rights act as discriminatory.
poll taxes Taxes imposed as prerequisite to voting, prohibited by 24th amendment.
socialization The learning of a culture and its values.
white primary Democratic Party primary elections in many southern counties in the early part of the twentieth century that excluded black people from voting.
generation gap Differences in politics and public opinion among age groups
gender gap Aggregate differences in public opinions between men and women
salient issues Issues about which most people have an opinion
halo effect Tendency of survey respondents to provide socially acceptable answers to questions
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