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Gov. Test 5 and 6

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equal protection clause 14th amendment forbids any state to deny equal protection of the laws to any individual within its jurisdiction
reasonable-basis test test applied to laws that treat individuals unequally. Laws may be deemed constitutional if their purposes are held to be "reasonably" related to a legitimate government interest.
strict-scrutiny test applied to laws that attempt a racial or an ethnic classification. It eliminates race or ethnicity as a legal classification when it places minority group members at disadvantages.
affirmative action programs designed to ensure that disadvantaged groups have full and equal opportunities in life.
de jure discrimination based on race, sex, religion, ethnicity, and the like that results from the law (easier to overcome)
de facto discrimination based on race, sex, religion ethnicity, and the like that results from social, economic, and cultural biases and conditions.
political socialization how people develop their political ideas and opinions
primary socializing agents family school church
secondary socializing agents peers media leaders
group orientations that affect politics religion race gender wealth/income age
how to measure public opinion polls
good poll constitutions good question, carefully worded, unbiased, random sample, asked professionally, low margin of error, proper analysis
sample amount of people
population people who's opinions are being estimated
latency potential to be important
salience ho relevant it is to the person
agenda setting what the media chooses to talk about and how often.
issue framing how the media chooses to portray an event/person/issue.
primary voting preliminary (regular)
caucus voting with meeting to discuss what the voters are voting on.
public opinion views prevalent among the general public.
ideology the ideas and manner of thinking of a group.
intensity how strongly one feels about the issue being polled.
margin of error the interval of confidence for a particular answer.
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