AP Gov Unit 4: Political Culture
Every ___ years the government conducts the US Census by _______ requirement
10; constitutional
Candidates for political office use public opinion polls for what purposes?
Assess recognition of the candidate's name, measure voters' support for the candidate's issues, fine-tune policy stands and identify key issues among the voters
The activities of the Federal Reserve Board have the most direct influence on....
Bank interest rates
what has brought television into a new era of bringing the news to people and political leaders as it happens?
Cable News Networks
Securing a universal health car system is a public policy what party would be most likely to support.
Democrats
what political party would most likely support strengthening anti-discrimination policies for married gay couples
Democrats
A media organization is interested in reporting election results in a congressional election prior to the final tally of votes, which will not occur until later in the evening. The organization randomly selects several polling places across the district asking voters whom they voted for. What type of poll is being used?
Exit
Party identification in the United States is most successfully transmitted by
Family
What is the most important agent of political socialization
Family
What is the most important role in the political socialization of children?
Family
What are core values of United States political culture?
Legal equality, Political equality, Freedom of religion, and Freedom of speech
What political party would most likely support the legalization of the commercial sale of marijuana and a reduction in government spending on prisons
Libertarian
what refers to media programming aimed at a particular audience.
Narrowcasting
The silent generation group is most likely to oppose a protest of
National symbols or ceremonies
what refers to an overall set of values widely shared within a society.
Political culture
What are the core values of the United States political culture
Political equality, Freedom of religion, and Freedom of Speech
What is the process by which political values are passed to the next generation
Political socialization
what is the distribution of the population's beliefs about politics and policy issues.
Public opinion
A polling firm tried to predict the results of an election by sampling 1,000 adults within a state for two days prior to the election, using landline telephones of likely voters. After the election, the firm found that their poll results were not close to the actual election results. What would increase the accuracy of the polling?
Sampling people with cell phones in addition to those with landlines would improve the accuracy of the polling.
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. What best explains this decision?
The company wanted to ensure that the sample of the population was truly random.
what refers to information leaked to the media to see what the political reaction will be.
Trial balloons
The media uses _______to cue the public into what is important.
agenda-setting
The science of population changes is called
demography
To a large extent the network media defines news by ....
entertainment value.
A(n) ___ poll asks voters at randomly selected voting places whom they voted for so that election results can be predicted more quickly
exit
what describes the impact of the federal budget (including taxes, spending, and borrowing) on the economy.
fiscal policy
When a child's parents both identify strongly with the same political party, the child will most likely
identify with the parents' party
A person loses his job and refuses to accept any government assistance to get back on his feet, instead relying on savings and seeking a new job immediately. This person would relate to what core value
individualism
The use of detective-like reporting methods to unearth scandals is known as ...
investigative journalism.
A __________ response to the "strained resources" of local government most likely would include an increase in federal spending on public education and more programs aimed at helping lower-income communities
liberal
The United States Constitution delegating specific powers to Congress relates to what core value
limited government
what is a coherent set of values and beliefs about public policy.
political ideology
Demographic changes in the United States population could translate to political consequences through which process
reapportionment.
What political party would be most likely to support opening public lands for ranching and oil exploration
republicans
The watchdog orientation of the press helps to
restrict politicians
31. The level of confidence about a public opinion poll is referred to as ....
sampling error.
Short clips of politicians speaking, often taken out of context is known as...
sound bites.