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POLI 2051 Exam 2 Questions and Answers
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POLI 2051 Exam 2 Questions andAnswers
Exit iiPolls ii- iiAnswers ii-polls iiconducted iias iivoters iileave iiselected iipolling iiplaces iion
iielection iiday
Margin iiof iiError ii- iiAnswers ii-a iimeasure iiof iithe iiaccuracy iiof iia iipublic iiopinion iipoll ii(+/-
ii4% iifor iievery ii1000 iipeople iiif iisample iiwas iirandom)
Political iiSocialization ii- iiAnswers ii-the iiprocess iithrough iiwhich iiindividuals iiacquire
iitheir iipolitical iibeliefs iiand iivalues
Population ii- iiAnswers ii-the iientire iigroup iiof iipeople iiwhose iiattitudes iia iiresearcher
iiwishes iito iimeasure
Public iiOpinion ii- iiAnswers ii-what iithe iipublic iithinks iiabout iia iiparticular iiissue iior iiset iiof
iiissues iiat iiany iipoint iiin iitime
Public iiOpinion iiPolls ii- iiAnswers ii-interviews iior iisurveys iiwith iisamples iiof iicitizens iithat
iiare iiused iito iiestimate iithe iifeelings iior iibeliefs iiof iithe iientire iipopulation
Push iiPolls ii- iiAnswers ii-polls iitaken iifor iithe iipurpose iiof iiproviding iiinformation iion iian
iiopponent iithat iiwould iilead iirespondents iito iivote iiagainst iithat iicandidate; iiconveys
iinegative iiinfo iiabout iia iicadidate iiand iiis iihighly iicontroversial
Random iiSampling ii- iiAnswers ii-a iimethod iiof iipoll iiselection iithat iigives iieach iiperson iiin
iia iigroup iithe iisame iichance iiof iibeing iiselected
Sample ii- iiAnswers ii-a iisubset iiof iithe iiwhole iipopulation iiselected iito iibe iiquestioned iifor
iithe iipurposes iiof iiprediction iior iigauging iiopinion, iisubgroup iiof iia iilarger iipopulation,
Stratified iiSampling ii- iiAnswers ii-a iivariation iiof iirandom iisampling; iithe iipopulation iiis
iidivided iiinto iisubgroups iiand iiweighted iibased iion iidemographic iicharacteristics iiof iithe
iinational iipopulation, iimay iibe iioversample iisome iigroups iithat iiare iiof iiinterest iibut iimay
iinot iibe iiselected iiin iisufficient iinumbers iiin iia iipure iirandom iisample iito iiprovide
iimeaningful iiresults
Straw iiPolls ii- iiAnswers ii-unscientific iisurvey iiused iito iigauge iipublic iiopinion iion iia
iivariety iiof iiissues iiand iipolicies
, Tracking iiPolls ii- iiAnswers ii-continuous iisurveys iithat iienable iicampaign iior iinews
iiorganization iito iichart iia iicandidates iidaily iirise iior iifall iiin iisupport; iiused iiby iimedia
Candidate-centered iiPolitics ii- iiAnswers ii-politics iithat iifocus iion iithe iicandidates, iitheir
iiparticular iiissues, iiand iicharacter iirather iithan iiparty iiaffiliation
Critical iielection ii- iiAnswers ii-an iielection iithat iisignals iia iiparty iirealignment iithrough
iivoter iipolarization iiaround iinew iiissues iiand iipersonalities
Delegate ii- iiAnswers ii-representative iito iithe iiparty iiconvention
National iiConvention ii- iiAnswers ii-a iiparty iimeeting iiheld iiin iithe iipresidential iielection
iiyear iifor iithe iipurposes iiof iinominating iia iipresidential iiand iivice iipresidential iiticket iiand
iiadopting iia iiplatform
National iiParty iiPlatform ii- iiAnswers ii-a iistatement iiof iithe iigeneral iiand iispecific
iiphilosophy iiand iipolicy iigoals iiof iia iipolitical iiparty, iiusually iipromulgated iiat iithe
iinational iiconvention
Party iiIdentification ii- iiAnswers ii-a iicitizen's iipersonal iiaffinity iifor iia iipolitical iiparty,
iiusually iiexpressed iiby iia iitendency iito iivote iifor iithe iicandidates iiof iithat iiparty
Party iiRealignment ii- iiAnswers ii-dramatic iishifts iiin iipartisan iipreferences iithat
iidrastically iialter iithe iipolitical iilandscape
Polarization ii- iiAnswers ii-the iipresence iiof iiincreasingly iiconflicting iiand iidivided
iiviewpoints iibetween iithe iidemocratic iiand iirepublican iiparties
Political iiMachine ii- iiAnswers ii-a iiparty iiorganization iithat iirecruits iivoter iiloyalty iiwith
iitangible iiincentives iiand iiis iicharacterized iiby iia iihigh iidegree iiof iicontrol iiover iimember
iiactivity
Political iiParty ii- iiAnswers ii-an iiorganized iigroup iiwith iishared iigoals iiand iiideals iithat
iijoins iitogether iito iirun iicandidates iifor iioffice iiand iiexercise iipolitical iiand iielectoral
iipower
Proportional iiRepresentation ii- iiAnswers ii-a iivoting iisystem iithat iireapportions
iilegislative iiseats iiaccording iito iithe iipercentage iiof iithe iivote iithey iiwon iiby iia iiparticular
iipolitical iiparty ii(European iiway)
Secular iiRealignment ii- iiAnswers ii-the iigradual iirearrangement iiof iiparty iicoalitions,
iibased iimore iion iidemographic iishifts iithan iion iishocks iito iithe iipolitical iisystem
Superdelegate ii- iiAnswers ii-delegate iito iithe iidemocratic iiparty's iinational iiconvention
iithat iiis iireserved iifor iia iiparty iiofficial iiand iiwhose iivote iiat iithe iiconvention iiis
iiunpledged iito iia iicandidate
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