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Public Opinion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| agent of political socialization | a person or entity that teaches and influences others about politics |
| communism | a political and economic system in which, in theory, government promotes common ownership of all property, means of production, and materials to prevent the exploitation of workers while creating an equal society |
| exit poll | an election poll taken by interviewing voters as they leave a polling place |
| fascism | a political system of total control by the ruling party or political leader over the economy, the military, society, and culture and often the private lives of citizens |
| horserace coverage | day-to-day media coverage of candidate performance in the election |
| leading question | a question worded to lead a respondent to give a desired answer |
| margin of error | a number that states how far the poll results may be from the actual preferences of the total population of citizens |
| modern conservatism | a political ideology that prioritizes individual liberties, preferring a smaller government that stays out of the economy |
| modern liberalism | a political ideology focused on equality and supporting government intervention in society and the economy if it promotes equality |
| political socialization | the process of learning the norms and practices of a political system and forming an ideology |
| public opinion | a collection of opinions of an individual or a group of individuals on a topic, person, or event |
| push poll | politically biased campaign information presented as a poll in order to change minds |
| random sample | a limited number of people from the overall population selected in such a way that each has an equal chance of being chosen |
| representative sample | a group of respondents demographically similar to the population of interest |
| socialism | a political and economic system in which government uses its authority to promote social and economic equality, providing everyone with basic services and equal opportunities and requiring citizens with more wealth to contribute more |
| straw poll | an informal and unofficial election poll conducted with a non-random population |
| diffuse support | in the U.S., generally high levels of stability in politics and acceptance of government as legitimate result from socialization |
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