Exam 5: Public Opinion: How Are Americans Voices Measured, and Do They Matter

Which term describes a political tool that gives elected officials broader knowledge of the overall preferences of the citizens as a whole?

In January 2015, Representative Andrew Carson was quoted, "Ferguson is the new ______."

A key challenge to sampling is one of ______.

The fact that members of Congress are increasingly voting with members of their own party has become a factor in ______.

In 2013, Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in Florida by whom?

Benjamin Page and Robert Shapiro contend that public opinion is a ______ phenomenon.

Immediately following the death of Michael Brown, the Pew Research Center organized a survey by ______.

What is the goal of scientific polling?

Which of the following may intentionally, or unintentionally, guide respondents to a specific answer?

Which of the following refers to the variety of experiences and factors that shape our political values, attitudes, and behaviors?

The sum of individual attitudes about government, policies, and issues is referred to as a ______.

Those individuals who participate on your survey are known as ______.

A political candidate wishes to get immediate feedback as to how voters are casting their ballots in an election. Which of the following types of surveys would he/she most likely select?

Which political party, based on the modern usage of the term, refers to support for a reduced role for the government and an emphasis on individual liberty, especially in economic matters?

An individual's identification with a particular ______ is a powerful informational shortcut for voters in order to evaluate candidates and form opinions about them.

Which term represents the centrality of an individual's opinion in the sense of its ability to shape their views on other issues or candidate evaluations?

When individuals accept the belief that their own life chances are inextricably tied to the group as a whole, this is known as ______.

Question order is important in survey construction because ______.

Liberalism refers to support for more robust governmental action to ensure equality of opportunity, particularly in regulation of the economy as well as environmental regulation.

A systematic attempt to make inferences about the opinions of large numbers of individuals by carefully sampling and asking questions of a small, randomly assigned sample of the larger population is called ______.