Unit 4- AP Gov

Conservative: Individuals should not rely on government aid for their economic well-being Liberal: The government should be responsible for helping to improve the economic position of low-income people

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of conservative and liberal views concerning social policy?

Selecting a random sample

Which of the following is most important for getting an accurate measure of public opinion in a survey?

A budget with significant increases in spending for unemployment benefits and public works projects

Which of the following measures would a president adhering to Keynesian economic principles most likely employ during an economic recession?

The questions contained a difference in wording

Which of the following most likely accounts for the different results?

Implementing affirmative action programs

Which of the following policies is most likely to cause tension between the competing values of individualism and equality of opportunity?

Strengthening anti-discrimination policies for married gay couples

Which of the following policies would an individual who identifies as a Democrat most likely support?

An individual takes a civics course in school and develops opinions about politics

Which of the following scenarios best reflects the process of political socialization?

legalize the commercial sale of marijuana and reduce government spending on prisons

Which of the following sets of policies appears to be most influenced by a libertarian ideology?

Undermining freedom will extinguish both freedom and equality

Which of the following statements is most consistent with the author's argument in this passage?

Partisanship was a good predictor of the way a person voted

Which of the following statements is supported by the information in the table ?

an increase in federal spending on public education and more programs aimed at helping lower-income communities.

A liberal response to the "strained resources" of local government most likely would include

The poll reported a sampling error

A recent poll indicates that 60 percent of all people in the United States support a at tax system. Which of the following supports the credibility of the poll result?

equality of outcome

All of the following are traditional political values held by most Americans EXCEPT

bring the opposition's opinions into alignment with those of the candidate

Candidates for political office use public opinion polls for all of the following purposes EXCEPT to

of their parents

Children are most likely to adopt the party identification

low level of political efficacy

Citizens who believe that their votes will have no effect on the outcome of an election have a

The company wanted to ensure that the sample of the population was truly random

In a public opinion poll, a polling company used an online survey tool to randomly contact respondents who did not have telephone lines in addition to contacting people over the phone. Which of the following best explains this decision?

Each individual has an equal chance of being selected

In scientific public-opinion polling, which of the following is true of random sampling?

family

party identification in the united states is most successfully transmitted by which of the following

identify with the opposing party

when a child's parents both identify strongly with the same political party the child will most likely

the process by which people acquire their attitudes towards politics

which of the following bed defines political socialization

A poll asks voters at randomly selected voting places whom they voted for so that election results can be predicted more quickly

Which of the following best describes an exit poll?

political culture

Which of the following concepts refers to the beliefs about government and politics that people in the United Sates hold most deeply?

African Americans

Which of the following demographic groups have voted most consistently for the Democratic Party in national elections over the last three decades?

Allowing individuals to purchase marijuana for recreational use

Which of the following governmental policies would the author most likely support?

conservatives

Which of the following groups would be most likely to support a constitutional amendment banning all abortions?

Libertarian

Which of the following ideological perspectives is most consistent with the passage?

a 45 year old white businessman from south carolina who attends church weekly

Which of the following individuals would be most likely to vote in a Republican primary?

Achieving income equality

Which of the following is NOT a trait of a liberal democracy?