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AP Gov Vocab 3

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approval ratings   the percentage of survey respondents who say that they approve or strongly approve of the way the president is doing his job  
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benchmark polling   initial poll on a candidate and issues on which campaign strategy is based and aganist which later polls are compared  
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entrance polls   public opinion surveys taken before voters cast their ballots  
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focus groups   a small group of voters chosen by a political campaign for their demographic similarities who are brought together to gauge how the group they represent feels about the candidate  
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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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push polling   a polling technique in which the questions are designed to shape the respondent's opinion  
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random digit dialing   technique used by pollsters to place telephone calls randomly to both listed and unlisted numbers when conducting survey  
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random sample   a sample that fairly represents a population because each member has an equal chance of inclusion  
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representative sample   group of people meant to represent the large group in question  
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sampling error(margin error)   polling error that arises based on the small size of the sample  
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sampling techniques   the method used to select people from the population  
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tracking polls   continuous surveys that enable a campaign or news organization to chart a candidate's daily rise or fall in support  
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weighting/stratification   making sure demographic groups are properly represented in a sample  
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bandwagon effect   when people join a cause because it seems popular or support a candidate who is leading in the polls  
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bradely effect   the difference between the poll result and an election result in which voters gave a socially desirable poll response rather than a true response that might be perceived as racist  
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non-response bias   bias resulting when indiviuals selected to be in a survey either cannot be contacted or refuse to answer survey questions  
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social desirability bias   the tendency for people to say what they believe is appropriate or acceptable  
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libertarian   one who believes in limited government interference in personal and economic liberties  
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moderate   person who views are between conservative and liberal and may include some of both ideologies  
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populist   a supporter of the rights and power of the people  
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progressive   a belief that personal freedom and solving social problems are more important than religion  
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saliency   the degree to which an issue is important to a particular indiviual or group  
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valence issue   an issue about which the public is united and rival candidates or political parties adopt similar positions  
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wedge issues   a controversial issue that one party uses to split the voters in the other party  
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agenda   plan of action; purpose  
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majoritarian   system of policy making in which those with a numerical majority hold authority  
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