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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