POLI 2051 - Exam 2 Quizzes
What term do scholars use for a purported opinion offered by a respondent who is unfamiliar with the specific issues?
Nonopinion
Which of the following is true of the relationship between public opinion and shifts in major government policies?
On highly salient and emotional issues in particular, public opinion tends to affect policy to a greater degree than policymakers' agendas affect public opinion.
The process by which individuals acquire their political opinions is called
Political socialization
The most powerful religious force in contemporary American society is the
religious right
To accurately poll the citizens of the United States as opposed to the citizens of a single state
the sample requirements will be nearly the same
Source of polling error can include
use of random telephone polling, unrepresentative samples, respondents' lack of knowledge or interest in the issue, question wording
A member of Congress who wants to act on what the majority of his or her constituency thinks on a particular issue would be advised to respond to which of the following indicators?
A poll based on a random selection sample of constituents
Which of the following would NOT be considered a secondary socializing agent?
Church
Which of the following statements is LEAST likely to apply to economic or social liberals?
They believe that government should be used to promote traditional values.
Which of the following states is solidly Democratic?
Washington
Party identification refers to
a person's sense of loyalty to a political party
A general belief about the role and purpose of government is called
an ideology
All of the following ideological types are prevalent in the United States EXCEPT
communists
Journalist Walter Lippmann suggested that
effective government cannot be run by politicians that base their public opinions on poll results.
As an agent of political socialization, the American family will likely have its greatest effect on an individual's
party identification
