posc jep guide

public opinion

beliefs and attitudes toward different issues, events, and people

political ideology

a cohesive set of beliefs that form a general philospohy about the government

political socialization

the process by which political values are formed

value

mary believes that men and women should be treated equally and have the same standing under the law

political environment

an external event that effects you and shapes your opinion moving forward

watchdog

a newspaper relased a report on the financial entanglements between members of Congress and the industries they are regulating.

citizen journalism

an individual is driving and witnesses a police officer using a force on a women stopped at the side of the road and record the incident

skim & scan

the fact that americans today are likely to follow the news by briefly reading multpile headlines online rather than by reading longer news articles

agenda setting

the power of the media to draw public attention to particular issues and problems is called

framing

when the media presents information from a certain perspective in order to shape the audience’s understanding of that information

political party

an organization that tries to influence the government by geting its members elected to office

factions

in the early republic, parties were seen as threats to the stability of the new democractic government and were referred to as

george washington

he wanred us about the rise of political parties

micro targeting

efforts by parties at voter mobilization efforts are now a science- they use extensive datebases on voters to

mandatory voting

australia implemented this in 1920 when their voter turnout was a record low of 60 %

general election

voters select who they want to fill a poltical office

primary election

voters choose each party’s candidate to compete for a poltical officw

voter turnout

percetange of eligiable individuals who actually vote

insurrection

a violent attack on government

general elections occur on this day in november

first tuesday of novemeber

partisanship

identification with or support of a particular party

more americans identidy as this party id

independent

a persons political party prefence is primiarity acquained through the influence of who

family

political polarization

congress passed the inflation reduction act