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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT REVIEW QUESTIONS

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Question 1: How does the media use public opinion polls during election season?

Answer:

to see which way the voters are going to vote

Question 2: Which of the following is not an agent of political socialization?

Answer:

U.S. senator

Question 3: How are most attitudes formed?

Answer:

in childhood, based on early childhood experiences

Question 4: Why might one branch's approval ratings be higher than another's?

Answer:

based on whether people think that one branch has been advocate for their position or ideological beliefs

Question 5: Which institution has the highest average public approval ratings?

Answer:

the Supreme Court

Question 6: How do polls affect presidential elections?

Answer:

Polls tell voters the issues that candidates support.Question 7: Presidential approval ratings ________ over a president's term of office.

Answer:

decline

Question 8: How have changes in technology made polling more difficult?

Answer:

theres too many ways to make a poll and to count them is challenging, and lower class have worst polling areas

Question 9: The Bradley effect occurs when people ________.

Answer:

say they will vote for a candidate but then vote against that candidate Question 10: Which body of government is least susceptible to public opinion polls?

Answer:

U.S. Supreme Court

Question 11: Where do your beliefs originate?

Answer:

through political socialization which can be from family, schools, religious institutions, or friends

Question 12: Why are social policies controversial?

Answer:

They require government to balance the rights and liberties of different groups.

Question 13: Which factor affects congressional approval ratings the most?

Answer:

domestic events Question 14: Why do pollsters interview random people throughout the country when trying to project which candidate will win a presidential election?

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if a pollster interviews only a certain type of person, the sample will be biased and the poll will be inaccurate Question 15: Why would House of Representative members be more likely than the president to follow public opinion?

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representatives run for election every 2 years and must constantly raise campaign money. They abide by public opinion because they don't have enough time to explain actions Question 16: When are social and economic issues more likely to cause polarization in public opinion?

Answer:

when the issues balance two controversial concerns Question 17: Which agents of socialization will have the strongest impact on an individual?

Answer:

family Question 18: A poll states that Hillary Clinton will receive 43 percent of the vote. There is an 8 percent margin of error. What do you think of the poll?

Answer:

It is a non-representative poll and the margin of error is too high.Question 19: ________ political content is given by a media source that lets the reader or viewer know upfront there is a political bias or position.

Answer:

Overt

Question 20: Which of the following is not part of a scientific poll design?

Answer:

a leading question