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Voting percent in 2010

65 through 74-year-olds and 75 through 84-year-old tied at 62%

Political ideology

A coherent set of beliefs about political public policies public purpose which helps give meaning to political

Civil disobedience

A form of political participation based on a conscious decision to break the law believed to be unjust and sufferThe consequences

Protest

A form of political participation designed to achieve policy change through dramatic an unconventional tactics

Political culture

And overall set up values widely shared within the society

Political participation

By citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or the policies they pursue

Public opinion

Distribution of a populations beliefs about politics and policy issues

Minority majority

In which the non-Hispanic whites will represent a minority of the US population in my Nordie groups together will represent the majority

Conventional participation

Includes many widely excepted modes of influencing government like boating trying to persuade others and ringing doorbell's

Reapportionment

Process of reallocating seats in the House of Representatives every 10 years based on the results of the crncus

Exit poll

Public opinion surveys he is by major media posters particular Toro winners with speed and precision

Sample

Relatively small proportion of people who are chosen a survey to represent a whole

Random digit dialing

Technique used by posters to place telephone calls randomly to both listed in unlisted numbers when conducting a survey

Melting pot

Term used for United States mixing cultures

Random sampling

The key technique employed by survey researchers which operates on the principle that everyone should have an equal probability of being selected for the sample

Sampling error

The level of confidence in the findings of the public opinion poll more people interviewed more confident one can be at the results

Political socialization

The process through which individuals and society acquire political attitudes use and knowledge based on inputs from family schools the media and others

Gender gap

The regular pattern in which women are more likely to support democratic and it's in part because they tend to be less conservative than men and more likely to support spending on social services and to oppose higher levels of military

Demography

The science of a population changes

Unconventional participation

Tibbys that are often dramatic such as protesting civil disobedience in the been violent

Percent who contacted a politician or government official in the last five years

Top ranked is Canada. Lowest ranked is Italy. USA is third behind Australia

Percent who took part in the protest in the last five years

Top ranked is Spain. Lowest ranked is Japan. USA is tied for second to last

Census

Used to count the total of citizens every 10 years