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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP GOV UNIT 4 EXAM
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Question 1: Push Polls
Answer:
Polls that intentionally ask leading questions in order to convey politically biased campaign information intended to change minds
Question 2: Random Sample
Answer:
a limited number of people selected in such a way that each has an equal chance of being chosen.
Question 3: 2 metrics for the measurement of public opinion
Answer:
Intensity and Stability
Question 4: Straw Poll
Answer:
asking the same question of a large number of people
Question 5: Covert Content
Answer:
ideologically slanted information presented as unbiased information in order to influence public opinion.
Question 6: Fascism
Answer:
The ruling party or political leader wields total control over the economy, military, society, culture, and often the private lives of citizens.
Question 7: No issue content voters
Answer:
vote routinely for a party or judged the candidates solely by their personalities
Question 8: Political Ideology
Answer:
attitudes and beliefs that help shape our opinions on political theory and policy
Question 9: Margin of Error
Answer:
number that states how far the poll results may be from the actual opinion of the total population of citizens.
Question 10: Reapportionment
Answer:
Re-assigning seats in house of representatives following the census/ Redrawing of districts /Gerrymandering
Question 11: Reactionary
Answer:
Favors extreme change to restore society to an earlier, more conservative state
Question 12: Bradley Effect
Answer:
some white voters who intend to vote for the white candidate will nonetheless tell pollsters that they are undecided or likely to vote for the non-white candidate
Question 13: what age group has the highest voter turnout
Answer:
over 65
Question 14: Tracking Polls
Answer:
repeated periodically with the same group of people to check and measure changes of opinion or knowledge
Question 15: what kind of economics are associated with democrats
Answer:
Keynesian
Question 16: Horse Race Effect
Answer:
journalism that resembles horse race coverage due to its focus on polling data and public perception instead of candidate policy. The reporting almost exclusively reports the differences rather than similarities between the candidates.
Question 17: Ideologues
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an adherent of an ideology, especially one who is uncompromising and dogmatic
Question 18: Nature of the times voters
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limited to whether the times are good or bad for them; they might link the party in power w/ the country's fortune or misfortune
Question 19: Libertarian Traits
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little to no regulation of market beyond protection of property rights Little to no taxation Government spending just for absolute necessities (protection of people and property)
Question 20: Political Socialization
Answer:
process through which an individual acquires their own political orientations
Question 21: representative or quota sample
Answer:
a group whose demographic distribution is similar to that of the overall population
Question 22: Group benefits voters
Answer:
people who think of politics in terms of groups they like or dislike. Ex:"Rep. support small business
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