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Public Opinion

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conservative   those who believe in following tradition and having a government who does less and allows its people more freedom  
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liberal   those who believe in allowing the government to flexibly expand beyond established constraints (do more)  
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liberatarian   those who have a high regard for civil liberties, are conservative on economic issues and liberal on social issues  
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exit polls   conducted outside the polls on election day to predict the outcome of the election  
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focus group   a small group of citizens - 10 to 40 people - gathered to hold conversations about issues or candidates  
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moderate   those who never fall fully into being conservative OR liberal  
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margin of error   an amount that is allowed for in case of miscalculation  
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political socialization   the process by which one develops political opinions  
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populist   political party formed in the 1890s that advocated the interests of labor and farmers, free coinage of silver and government control of monopolies  
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progressive   political party formed in 1912, advocating popular control of government and more power to the people (direct primaries, women's suffrage, the initiative, the referendum)  
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push polling   a telephone poll with an ulterior motive  
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random sample   poll where every single member of the "universe" will have an equal chance for selection  
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saliency   the amount of importance an issue holds to an individual or a group  
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sampling error   the difference between poll outcomes  
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stratification   assuring that the population and the sample taken are balanced  
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straw poll   simple scientific tallies of 50 or 60 selected voters to make rough predictions on upcoming elections  
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tracking poll   asks the people same or similar questions over time to track the answers  
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valence issues   concerns or policies that are viewed the same way by people with a variety of ideologies  
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wedge issues   issues that sharply divide the public  
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universe   the large group in question  
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