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According to Lecture 1 and U.S. Chapter 6, what is public opinion?

The politically relevant opinions held by ordinary citizens that they express openly

According to the lecture on the ideas of Alexis de Tocqueville, what is omnipotence?

Total Power

According to the lecture on the ideas of Alexis de Tocqueville, what entity is omnipotent in America?

The majority.

According to the lecture on the ideas of Alexis de Tocqueville, what political authority may check the majority in America?

No political authority can check the majority

According to the lecture on the ideas of Alexis de Tocqueville, what cultural power may check the majority in America?

no cultural authority may check the majority

According to the lecture on the ideas of Alexis de Tocqueville, how does the majority wield its influence?

With the power of canceling or isolating the individual

According to the lecture on the ideas of Alexis de Tocqueville, who may one turn to if the majority unjustly punishes them in America?

No one

According to the lecture on the ideas of Alexis de Tocqueville, why are Americans incapable of free thought?

Because the power of the majority, being omnipotent, draws a circle around acceptable thought, and Americans instinctively know when they cross the threshold of acceptability

According to lecture 1 and U.S. Chapter 6, what is political socialization?

The idea that people acquire their political opinions, beliefs, values from society

According to lecture 1 and U.S. Chapter 6, what are political socializing agents?

Those agents that have significant impact on citizens political socialization

According to lecture 1 and U.S. Chapter 6, what are the primary political socializing agents?

Family, school, and religious organizations

According to lecture 1 and U.S. Chapter 6, what are the secondary political socializing agents?

Peers, media, leaders, and events

According to lecture 1 and U.S. Chapter 6, what is party identification?

the feeling of attachment to a political party.

According to lecture 2 and U.S. Chapter 6, what is an ideology?

A general belief about the role and purpose of government

According to lecture 2 and U.S. Chapter 6, what role in the economy do economic liberals believe in?

They believe government should do more to assist people who have difficulty meeting their economic needs of their own to grow the economy

According to lecture 2 and videos shown in class, why do economic liberals want to invest in U.S. workers?

For the benefit of the American worker, but also to keep money in the American Economy

According to lecture 2 and videos shown in class, do economic liberals or conservatives support infrastructure spending?

Economic liberals

According to lecture 2 and videos shown in class, which economic ideology wishes to emphasize the need for efficiency by minimizing expenditures in competition-based areas and minimizing administration costs in healthcare?

Economic liberals

According to lecture 2 and videos shown in class, which economic ideology wants to emphasize its solution’s ability to enable people with diverse cultures, languages, and religions to cooperate economically?

Economic Conservatism

According to lecture 2 and videos shown in class, which economic ideology wants to encourage international trade?

Economic conservatism

According to lecture 2 and videos shown in class, which economic ideology wants to focus on cooperation and consent?

Economic conservatism

According to lecture 2 and videos shown in class, which economic ideology wants to emphasize that people closest to the economic exchange understand it best?

Economic conservatism

According to lecture 2 and videos shown in class, which ideology wants to begin economic discussion with principles of freedom?

Economic conservatism

According to lecture 2 and U.S. Chapter 6, what is cultural liberalism?

Those who want to leave lifestyle choices to the individuals

According to lecture 2 and U.S. Chapter 6, what is cultural conservativism?

Those who want to use government to support traditional values

According to lecture 2 and videos shown in class, what is libertarianism?

The belief in cultural liberalism and economic conservatism

According to lecture 2 and videos shown in class, which ideology is culturally liberal and economically conservative?

Libertarianism

According to lecture 2 and videos shown in class, which ideology is culturally conservative and economically liberal?

Populism

According to lecture 2 and videos shown in class, which kind of ideology can describe the ideas of both Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump?

Populism

According to lecture 2 and videos shown in class, why does Bernie Sanders oppose the immigration of unskilled laborers?

Because it undermines the quality of living of the American workers and there are too many unemployed Americans to justify allowing unskilled laborers into the country

According to lecture 2 and videos shown in class, whose idea is open borders, according to Bernie Sanders?

The Koch brothers. They are libertarian millionaires who give lots of money to Republicans

According to Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, who benefited from the decades of free trade?

International corporations and established elites. Donal Trump calls them “the swamp” and “the establishment,” but Bernie Sanders calls them “the top one percent”

According to lecture 3 and U.S. Chapter 6, what is a polling sample?

A small number of individuals who are interviewed for the purpose of estimating the opinions of an entire population

According to lecture 3 and U.S. Chapter 6, what is a margin of error?

The degree to which the sample estimates might differ from what the population actually thinks, but still be accurate

According to lecture 3 and U.S. Chapter 7, what is political participation?

Involvement in activities intended to influence public policy and leadership

According to lecture 3 and U.S. Chapter 7, what are the forms of political participation?

Voting, joining protesting groups, writing to elected officials, demonstrating for political causes, volunteering/giving money to political candidates

According to lecture 3 and U.S. Chapter 7, what is suffrage?

The right to vote

According to lecture 3 and U.S. Chapter 7, what did the 15th Amendment do?

Gave African Americans the right to vote

According to lecture 3 and U.S. Chapter 7, what did the 19th Amendment do?

Gave women the right to vote

According to lecture 3 and U.S. Chapter 7, what did the 26th Amendment do?

Lowered the voting age to 18

According to lecture 3 and U.S. Chapter 7, which elections do Americans vote in most frequently? Presidential elections. Which ones are voted in less frequently?

The presidential elections have the highest voter turnout while the local elections have the lowest turnout

According to lecture 3 and U.S. Chapter 7, what is voter registration?

The act of reporting where you live to the state so that you may vote in the upcoming election

According to lecture 3 and U.S. Chapter 7, what government is in charge of voter registration?

Each state is in charge of its voter registration

According to lecture 3 and U.S. Chapter 7, compared to other countries, how frequently does America have elections?

America has the most frequent elections in the world

According to lecture 3 and U.S. Chapter 7, how does one's education level correlate with one's likeliness to vote?

Higher education people are more likely to vote

According to lecture 3 and U.S. Chapter 7, how does one's age correlate with one's likeliness to vote?

Younger people vote much less frequently than older people

According to lecture 3 and U.S. Chapter 7, what is a social movement?

Active and sustained efforts to achieve social and political change by groups of people who feel that government has not been properly responsive to their concerns

According to lecture 3, what two social movements have succeeded since the 1960’s?

The Civil Rights Movement and The March for Life

According to lecture 3, what is the Democratic Party’s coalition?

Union members, the poor, urban Americans, LGBT, and unmarried women

According to lecture 3, what is the Republican Party’s coalition?

Adherents of traditional values, business owners, evangelical and fundamentalist Protestants, Catholics, married women

According to lecture 3, what parties eventually evolved into the Democratic Party?

The Antifederalists and the Democratic‑Republicans

According to lecture 3, what parties eventually evolved into the Republican Party?

The Federalist and Whigs parties

According to lecture 3, what is straight-ticket voting?

Casting one’s ballot while supporting every candidate for a single party

According to lecture 3 and U.S. Chapter 8, what is a party nomination?

The process of selecting a parties candidate for office

According to lecture 3 and U.S. Chapter 8, what is a primary election?

An election that decides who will represent the party in an election

According to lecture 3, what American political movement brought about the primary election?

The Progressive Movement

According to lecture 4 and U.S. Chapter 9, what is an interest group?

An organization that actively seeks to influence public policy

According to U.S. Chapter 9, what is the free-rider problem?

The problem faced by non-economic special interests when all benefit from the good produced, but very few contribute to the production of the good

According to lecture 4 and U.S. Chapter 9, what is an iron triangle?

An iron triangle consists of a small and informal but relatively stable set of bureaucrats, legislators, and lobbyists who seek to develop policies beneficial to a particular interest

According to U.S. Chapter 9, what is an issue network?

An informal grouping of officials, lobbyists, and policy specialists who come together to temporarily

According to the lecture and TX Chapter 12, what is a right-to-work law?

A law prohibiting companies or industries from requiring workers to be members of a union

According to lecture 5 and U.S. Chapter 10, what is news?

News is an account of unusual events, especially those that are timely, dramatic, and interesting

According to lecture 5 and U.S. Chapter 10, what is media?

The media or the press is the combination of newspapers, television stations, radio stations, and internet outlets dedicated to reporting on the news

According to lecture 5 and U.S. Chapter 10, was the press partisan from its origins?

Yes, early newspapers were openly partisan.

According to lecture 5 and U.S. Chapter 10, what are the functions of the media?

Signaling, Common Carrier Function, The Watchdog Function, The Partisan Function

According to lecture 5 and U.S. Chapter 10, what does the U.S. Constitution say about a free press?

“Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances”