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Unit 2 Review – Political Behavior
- What was the total number of people eligible to vote in the 2000 election, number of people who actually voted, and number of people who made up the actual “non – voters?” 205.8 million, 105.4 million, 80 million
- Poll (most useful for measuring what?) – most effective tool for measuring public opinion
- How are interest groups and political parties similar?Both seek to influence government policies
- Public opinion – the ideas and attitudes that a significant number of Americans hold about government and political issues
- NAACP (main purpose) – single issue interest group concerned with civil rights
- Voter Characteristics (most likely to vote, geographic party support, voting trends, ect.) Women more likely to vote; older people; minorities typically vote Democrat; South-Republican; East/West Coast – Democrat
- Political party –group of people joined together on the basis of common principles who seek to control government and public policy
- Splinter party – party that has broken off from one of the major parties
- Single issue party – party that seeks to cause change on one public policy matter
- Minor parties (major influence on government) – cause major parties to adopt their ideas
- Literacy –a person’s ability to read and write
- Independent – term used to describe those people who have no specific major party affiliation
- Split ticket voting – practice of voting for candidates of more than one party
- Voter qualifications – Citizens of United States, resident of state, 18
- Voting discrimination (tools used) – literacy test, poll tax, fear tactics, no federal court order
- Mass Media (definition, purpose with government) – All the means for communicating information to the general public such as newspapers, magazines, radio, TV and internet; directly influences public policy by choosing which issues and events receive exposure
- Prior restraint (significance) – First Amendment restricts Federal, State, and Local government form prior restraint of the press
- Random sampling – polling technique in which everyone in a group has an equal chance of being selected
- Political socialization – process by which individuals learn their political beliefs and attitudes from family, school, friends, coworkers or other sources
- Validity of sources – concept of how trustworthy sources are and understanding the political agenda
- What does FCC regulate?Fees and Licenses
- Reason that causes most tension between the press and government – National security leaks
- Uses of social media politically– used mostly by people who are more involved politically
- Why are shield laws important?To protect media outlets from revealing their sources
- Online tools used by interest groups to recruit direct civic participation
Action alerts and electronic petitions