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conversavite
in general a person who favors a more limited and local government, less government regulation of markets, more social conformity to traditional norms and values, and tougher policies toards criminals.
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Elite
an indentifiable group of persons who possess a disproportionate share of some valued resource
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John Q. Public
Colloquial term for average citizen and what they want or believe
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Liberal
In general a person who favors a more active federal government for regulatin business, supporting social welfare, and protecting minority rights, but who prefers less regulation of private social conduct
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Libertarians
People who wish to maximize personal liberty on both economic and social issues. They prefer a small, weak government that has little control over either the economy or the perosonal lives of citizens
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Middle America
A phrase coined by Joseph Kraft in 1968 newspaper column to refer to Americans who haev moved out of poverty but are not yet affluent and who cherish traditional middle class values
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Norm
A standard of right or proper conduct that helps determine the range of acceptable social behavior and policy options
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New Class
consits of people who pssess certain advatages conferred not by the power, resources, and growth of business but by the power, resouces, and growth of government
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Political Elite
same as elite
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Political ideology
A more of less consistent set of views as to the policies government ought to persue
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poll
a survey of public opinion
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populists
people who hold liberal views on economic matters and conservative ones on social matters. They prefore a strong central government that will reduce economic inequality, regulate businesses, and impose stricter social and criminal situations. The name and views have thier origins in an agriculturally based social movement and party of the 1880s and 1890s that sought to curb the power of influential economic interest.
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Random Sample
A sample selected in such a way that any member of the population being survayed has an equal chance of being survayed
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Religious Traditions
The moral teachings of religious institutions on religious, social, and economic issues
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Sampling error
The difference between the results of two surveys or samples
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Silent Majority
A phrase used to describe people, whatever thier economic statues, who uphold traditional values, especially against the countercultre of the 1960s
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Social Statues
A measure of one's social standing obtained by combining factors such as education, income, and occupation
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Gender Gap
Diffferences in the politcal views and voting behavior of men and women
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red-diaper babies
a chiold of parents who were members of the United States Communist Party or were close to the party or sympathetic to its aims
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Blue-collar
A member of the working calss who typically preforms manual labor and earns hourly wages
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white-collar
a salaried professional or an educated worker
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Parisanship
commitment to a party
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Activists
An individual who actively promotes a political party, philosophy, or issue she or he cares personally about
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Australilan Ballot
A document that is government printed of uniform size, and cast in secret
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Campaigners
Those who both vote in elections and get involved in campaigns
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Communalists
Those who join organizations and participate in politics but not in partisan campaigns
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Complete Activist
Those who take part in all forms of political activity
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15th Amendment
Legislation that made it illegal to exclude potential voters on the vasis of race
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Grandfather Clause
Requirement that for an individual to automatically qualify to vote, his or her grandparents had to have voted
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Inactive
Those who avoid all forms of political participation
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Literacy tests
Requirements that voters be able to read
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Motor-voter bill
A bill that requires states to allow voter registaration by mail, when applying for a driver's license, and at some state officers that serve the diabled or poor
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19th Amendment
Legislation that extended suffrage to women
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Parochial Participants
Those who avoid electiomns and civic organizations but will ocntarct officials regarding specific problems
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Poll Tax
Proof of tax payment, to be produced when voting; used to disenfranchise blaacks
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Registered Voters
Those citizents who have filled out the proper forms and are qualified to vote in an election
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23rd Amendment
Right to vote for president in DC
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26th Amendment
Legislation that gave eighteen-year-olds the right to vote in all US elections
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Voting Rights Act of 1965 and later amendments
- 1965: Ended the use of literary tests
- 1970: 18 year old the right to vote
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Voting Age population
estimate (based on the census) of the amount of citizens who are eligible to vote after reaching a minimum age requirment
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White primary
a southern expedient to keep blacks from participating in primary elections
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Voting specialists
those who restrict thier political participation to voting in elections
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