Amer Politics

Federalist 1790-1820

the proportion of persons of voting age who actually vote in a given election

• Civil rights act of 1964
• Voting rights Act 1965
• Birmingham demonstrationsjj
• I have a dream speech
• March on Washington

1920

the abolition movement

through struggle against entrenched interests

Created a reform party called the reform party (a belief that partisam politics is a corrupting influence)

Government ownership of railroads, a graduated income tax, low tariffs on imports and no gold standards

2000 nominee Green Party - liberal positions on environment, labor, taxation and social walfare

Followers believe they are not being adequately represented by either 2 mojor parties

Chooses a candidate on the basis of what the candidate promises to do if elected

Based on a judgement about past performance. The situation in which a voter supports the incumbent office holder or party when pleased or oppeses it when not

active & sustained efforts to achieve social & political change by groups of people who feel that gov has not been properly responsive to their concerns

A devise for measuring public opinion whereby a relatively small # of individuals (the sample) are interviewed for the purpose of estimating the opinions of a whole community (the population)

A measure of the accuracy of a public opinion poll. Mainly a function of sample size and is usually expressed in % terms

Those who believe gov tries to do too many things that should be left to firms and markets and who oppose gov as an instrument for upholding traditional values

Those who beleive gov should do more to assist people who have difficulty meeting their economic needs and who look to gov to uphold traditional values

A constistent pattern of opinion on particular issues that stems from a core belief or set of beliefs

those who believe gov power shold be used to uphold traditional values

Those who believe it is not gov's role to buttress traditional values at the expense of unconventional or new values

Discrimination that results from social, economic and cultural biases and conditions

Discrimination that result from a law

Right to vote

The process by which individuals acquire their political opinions

• Entitles all persons to equal access to bars resturants hotels etc
• also bars discrimination in hiring promoting or wages

1963 I have a dream speech for jobs and freedom

Ended racial barriers to vote ie: poll tax

• Registration requirements
• Frequency of elections
• political party system

The right of every person to equal protection under the laws and equal access to societys opportunities and public facilities

Sampling error

a poll based on a random sample of constituents

Right to vote for 18 year olds

Poll tax removed as a voter qualification

1920 Right to vote for women