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The distribution of the population's beliefs about politics and policy issues is called:
public opinion
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The science of human population changes is called:
demography
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A valuable tool for understanding demographic changes that is used every ten years is:
Census
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This term describes the mixing of cultures, ideas and peoples that has changed the American nation:
Melting Pot
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This term describes the emergence of a non-caucasian majority, as compared with a white majority:
Minority Majority
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An overall set of values widely shared within a society is called:
Political Culture
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The process of reallocating seats in the house of representatives every 10 years on the basis of the results of the census is called:
Reapportionment
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The process by which an individual recieves their knowledge, feelings, and evaluations regarding their political world:
Political Socialization
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A relatively small proportion of people who are chosen in a survey so as to be representative of the whole:
Sample
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The key technique employed by sophisticated survey researches, which operates in the principle that everyone should have an equal probability of being selected for the sample
Random Sampling
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The level of confidence in the findings of a public opinion poll.
Sampling Error
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A techinique used by pollsters to place telephone calls randomly to both listed and unlisted numbers when conducting a survey.
Random Digit Dialing
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Public opinion surveys used by major media pollsters to predict electoral winners with speed and precision.
Exit Polls
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A term that revers to the regular pattern by which women are more likely to support democratic candidates.
Gender Gap.
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A coherent set of beliefs about politics, public policy, and public purpose.
Political Ideology
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All the activities used by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or the policies they pursue.
Political Participation
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A form of political participation designed to achieve policy change through dramatic and unconventional tactics.
Protest
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A form of political participation that reflects a concious decision to break a law believed to be immoral and to suffer the consquences.
Civil Disobediance
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