Govt Ch.6

distribution of population beliefs about politics and policy issues

*success is when dif. public opinions channel thru pol. process

science of population changes

• 1. tool used to measure demography
• 2. requirement Const. cond. "actual enumeration" of population every 10 years

mixing of cultutres, ideas, people

emergence of new non-white majority

• requires employers to document employee citizenship (and only legal residents)
• Con: may deter # of jobs (ppl may judge and not hire ppl who appear they could be illegal)

overall share of values amns share in general

reallocating H.O.R. seats to census every 10 years

• process thru which individual acquires knowledge, feelings, evaluations, regarding hir/her pol. world
• Biggest Influences:
• 1. Family
• 2. Mass Media
• 3. School

small proportion of ppl who represent whole

• everyone has an equal probablility of being in the sample
• key to accuracy of sampling

the level of confidence of sampling

• telephone poll dialing using listed & non-listed
• Pro: 1/5 of cost of person-person interview
• CON: 7%ppl don't have phone
• easier to say no on phone

• detect public preferences
• PRO: knowing this-> closer to democracy
• quicker way of knowing ppl's opinions
• CON: may lead to leaders following polls rather than leading
• may discourage bold leadership
• bandwagon

public opinion surveys that ask for 1/10 for voting outcomes before determined winner

• 1.healthy dose keeps pol. on toes
• 2.a > amount may suggest lack of nat'l govt reliability

• a coherent set of beliefs about public policy
• ex: Liberals for equality thru central govt

• regular pattern women more likely to support Democrats
• Origin: 1980 w/ Reagan & Carter election
• 1984- most lop-sided vote
• 1996- 1st time wmn determined the election
• wmn more Dem. bc:
• 1. red. military
• 2. fewer criminal penalties
• 3. more env. protection
• 4. greater govt role in securing social (welfare, S.S., ) & economic equality

• activities citizens can engage in to influence
• (most common = voting)
• conventional: widely accepted modes of influencing gov't
• Ex/ voting, petition, office running
• unconventional: actions= dramatic
• EX/ violence, protesting, civil disobediance

form of pol. participatn for achieving policy change thru dramatic and unconventional tactics

• to consciously break the law that is believed = unjust
• (sometines violent)
• Ex/Henry David Thoreau refused to pay his taxes

HIGHER participation: higher $ class, (specifically whites)

• 42% ppl didn't even consider this
• ideological conservatives, operational liberals
• leads to policy gridlock

individual's belief that gov't, politics, doesn't effect their lives

belief= pol part. MATTERS - a vote can make the difference

• when renew license, suggest to regisrate for voting
• E: Increase in regisration nationwide (1/3 source of registration)

• right to vote
• wmn: 19th- 1920
• blacks: 15th -1870
• -poll tax eliminated: 24th
• 18-20 yr olds: 26th - 1971
• popular election of senators: 17th- 1913
• loops to get around outlawed by supreme courts
• ex/: white primaries, gpa clauses, poll tax

• Increased black vote over 10 years
• suspended literacy tests
• more Southern officials to register minorities
• criminal penalties w/ interfering w/ right to vote

(after Vietnam war, huge support for young ppl)

gave D.O.C. residents right to vote in pres. elections

• 1. crime
• 2. taxes
• 3. welfare and economy

• party's official endorsement of a candidate for office
• Requires:
• 1. $
• 2. media attention
• 3. momentum

candidate uses to achieve nomination

to select P & VP

a meeting of all state party leaders for selecting delegates

• coters in a state go to polls & vote for candidate/delegates pledged to that candidate
• (local level)

• in reaction for reform by minority groups and others who sought better representation
• 1. No party leaders select delegates
• 2. open selection
• 3. states resort to holding primary election