Chapter 11 Vocab Terms
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| Political Socialization | The process through which individuals acquire their political beliefs and values
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| Public Opinion | What the public thinks about a particular issue or set of issues at any point in time
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| Public Opinion Polls | Interviews or surveys with samples of citizens that are used to estimate the feelings and beliefs of the entire population
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| Straw Polls | Unscientific surveys used to gauge public opinions on a variety of issues and policies
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| Random Sampling | A method of poll selection that gives each person in a group the same chance of being selected
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| Stratified Sampling | A variation of random sampling; census data are used to divide the country into four sampling regions. Sets of countries and standard metropolitan statistical areas are then randomly selected proportion to the total national population.
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| Push Polls | Polls taken for the purpose of providing information on an opponent that would lead respondents to vote against the candidate.
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| Tracking Polls | Continuous surveys that enable a campaign to chart its daily rise or fall in support
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| Exit Polls | Polls conducted at selected polling places on Election Day
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| Sampling Error or Margin of Error | A measure of the accuracy of a public opinion poll
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| Political Ideology | The coherent set of values and beliefs about the purpose and scope of government held by groups and individuals
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