Chapter 7
Terms
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- libertarians
- these people are conservative on econmic matters but liberal on social ones
- sampling error
- the difference between the results of random samples taken at the same time
- liberal
- supports larger government, favor a bigger welfare state and smaller military prescence
- poll
- a survey of public opinion
- random sample
- method of selecting from a population in which each person has an equal probability of being selected
- conservative
- supports a free market, oft times favors prayer in schools and a larger military
- pure conservatives
- the people that are conservative on both economic and conduct issues
- public opinion
- how poeple think or feel about particular things
- political elite
- persons with a disproportionate share of political power
- plurality
- having ideal from more than one political ideals
- political socialization
- process by which background traits influence one's political views
- political ideology
- a more or less consistent set of beliefs about what policies governement ought to pursue
- gender gap
- difference in political views between men and women
- populists
- the people that are liberal on economic matters and conservative on social ones
- pure liberals
- the peple that are liberal on both economic policy and personal conduct
- norm
- a standard of right or proper conduct
- elite
- people who have a disproportionate amount of some valued resource
- exit polls
- polls based on interviews conducted on Election Day with randomly selected voters