pols 2311 unit 2

_______________________ is the process by which individuals acquire their political opinions.

Political socialization

Party identification refers to the percentage of polled individuals that claim membership in a particular party.

False

What is happening in our culture that has increased calls for gun control in the United States?

record-setting numbers of gun-related deaths

A member of Congress who wants to act on what the majority of his or her constituency thinks on a particular issue would be advised to respond to which of the following indicators?

a poll based on a random selection sample of constituents

Which of the following is/are a primary socializing agent? (select all that apply)

church; school; and family

Which of the following statements is MOST likely to apply to economic or social liberals? (select all that apply)

They favor more government spending for the poor; they believe lifestyle choices should be left to the individual.

A situation in which people base their concerns on a group identity and align themselves politically with those who share that identity is called

identity politics.

As an agent of political socialization, the American family will likely have its greatest effect on an individual's

party identification.

Polling accuracy is often incorrect when people

give what they regard as the socially correct response to certain questions even though they think differently.

A properly drawn sample of one thousand individuals has a sampling error of roughly plus or minus

3 percent.

The Gallup poll has correctly predicted the presidential election results in every election except the

1948 Truman-Dewey.

Women are less likely than men to favor the use of force to settle international disputes.

True

Which of the following groups in the U.S. shows the highest support for collective bargaining and other union activities?

factory workers

Dramatic changes in party identification are not the norm, when it does occur it is most often a consequence of

major upheaval.

The most important considerations in determining the accuracy of an opinion poll are

the size of the sample and whether the sample was selected from the population by a random method.

According to a recent Pew Research Center poll, young adults are substantially more likely than senior citizens to support

stronger environmental regulations.

Most conservatives resistant to government intervention

in the economic but not the social sphere.

Which of the following is false about public opinion polling?

Polls have a 99.5% accuracy rating.

Which of the following actions by a member of Congress would likely lead Edmund Burke to classify that member as a "trustee"?

The member votes against a resolution declaring war; believing it unwise; despite her constituents having a majority opinion in favor of the war.

A general belief about the role and purpose of government is called an ideology.

True

Compared with U.S. citizens of higher incomes, those of lower incomes are much less likely to vote in elections.

True

It was only after the passage of the _________________ that African American men were permitted to vote.

Fifteenth

Occupy Wall Street's main target has been

the widening income gap between the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans and the rest of society.

Which of the following age group is least likely to vote?

young adults

At the founding of the United States the only persons who could vote were

only males who owned property.

Which of the following statements about political participation and lower-income Americans is true?

They need the most government help but are least likely to engage in collective action to seek it.

"Independents" are those who do not identify with Democrats or Republicans and tend to be idealized in high school students. Yet their lack of partisanship makes it less likely that they have

political interest.

An ongoing effort by citizens who are unhappy with government in order to express their dissatisfaction and trying to change things social or political is a

political movement.

Because there are so many elections in the United States it tends to reduce voter turnout by

increasing the personal effort needed to participate in all elections.

Political protests

are seen by most Americans as something to be accepted but not admired.

Voter registration began in the United States

as a way of preventing voters from casting more than one ballot on Election Day.

Women were granted the right to vote

early in the 20th century.

Which of the following movements gained national attention in response to the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota in 2020?

Black Lives Matter

The "motor voter" law allowed you to drive-up to kiosk and cast your votes.

False

The Tea Party began as

opposition to high taxes.

Voting (select all that apply)

is the most widespread form of political participation; does not offer as full an opportunity for political participation as some other activities.

It was not until the passage of the________ Amendment that 18-20 year-olds were granted the right to vote.

Twenty-Sixth

In the United States,

voter registration requirements have usually been set by the states.

Which of the following beliefs is widespread among Americans, according to a poll conducted by Stanford University?

Americans carry out a meaningful amount of voter fraud every year.

Poll taxes, literacy tests and other means were ways to

disenfranchise African Americans in the South.

Proportional representation systems are those in which seats in the legislature are allocated according to each political party's share of the popular vote.

True

The first political parties in the United States started with the differences of political thoughts between

Hamilton and Jefferson.

Prospective voting is characterized by choices based on what candidates promise to do if elected.

True

Andrew Jackson's contribution to the development of political parties was the

formation of a new type of grassroots party organization.

Both parties have are making a strong effort to lure ______________________ as a key to their future electoral success.

Hispanic voters

Today political campaigns involve a number of influential players. Which of the following are active participants in campaigns? (select all that apply)

campaign consultants; media consultants; fundraising specialists; pollsters

Strong party loyalty can be seen by the number of voters who exercise

straight-ticket voting.

The winner-take-all system is also known as the________ system.

plurality

If a PAC spends money to support a particular candidacy

the spending effort cannot be coordinated with the candidate.

It is impossible to separate the history of democratic government and

political parties.

________ is based on judgment about the past performance of an elected official or political party.

Retrospective voting

The majority of the money to finance political campaigns is the cost of

paying for television ads.

According to the text, what is it that "linkage institutions" do?

They connect citizens with government.

Which of the following is an example of a single-issue party?

Greenback Party

The most important and influential media source for modern election campaigns is

television

One of the strongest evidences of a recent party realignment can be seen in the tendency of

the South to vote Republican.

Political parties serve to ensure that there is an acknowledgement and celebration of political victories.

False

One of the greatest setbacks to the organizational strength of political parties in the United States was

the direct primary

The issue of slavery gave birth to the Whig Party as a major political party.

False

Some analysts predict that soon the most important medium of election politics will be

the Internet.