Government Chapter 8

the act requires states to provide all eligible citizens with the opportunity to register to vote when they apply for or renew a drivers//allows you to mail in your registration

National Voter Registration Act of 1993 by bill Clinton

refers to the difference between the percentage of votes cast for a particular candidate by women and the percentage of votes cast for the same candidate by men.

The term gender gap

a poll sample that does not accurately represent the population

biased sample

According to the powerpoint notes, polls that rely on interviewing voters immediately after they have voted (as they are leaving the polling places) are called __________ polls.

exit

When a pollster's results appear to consistently favor one of the two major political parties, polling experts refer to the phenomenon as a

house effect

the learning process through which most people acquire their political attitudes, opinions, beliefs, and knowledge

political socialization

the views of the citizenry about politics, issues, and a complex collection of opinions of many issues in the public arena

public opinion

a survey of the public's opinion at a particular moment

publican opinion polls

a sample in which each person within the entire population being polled has an equal chance of being chosen

random sample

no state can impose a residency requirement of more than 30 days

residency requirement

a group of people selected to represent the group of people being studied

samples

the difference between what the sample results show and what the true results would have had everybody in the revenant population been interviewed

sampling error

a nonscientific poll in which there is no way to ensure that the opinions expressed are representative of the larger population

straw polls

The media have an impact on political socialization. Of the media, the most influential is (are)

television

suffrage for African American men

15th Amendment

Women were granted the right to vote in __________.

1920

Set the voting age at 18 years old

26th Amendment

In the 2012 presidential elections, Barack Obama won __________ of female voters.

55

In the 2012 presidential elections, __________ of Hispanic voters voted for Barack Obama.

71 percent

In the 2012 presidential elections, __________ of voters who identified themselves as gay, lesbian, or bisexual voted for Barack Obama.

76 percent