polling and policy

political socialization

forces that split people into different political beliefs 

George Gallup

founder of poltitical polling

Sampling

choosing people to survey

• dont self select

• should be random and representative

Quota sampling

looking for specific #s of different groups

stratified sampling

break people into categories + pick from each category

data and quantitative analysis

run statistical analysis to tell you what the results show

margin of error/sampling error

how much your sample group may be off from the whole

bias

how you phrase a question influences the answers

• filter questions

push poll

designed to influence voting patterns + behaviors (biased questions)

tracking poll

shows, over time, changing support between candidate or positions

exit poll

when you ask people how they voted when they leave the polling place (more accurate because people are less likely to lie)

elite

assumes that inequality is the norm

bureaucratic

the role of government is to govern you (bureaucrats, experts in their field, rule)

interest group

competing interests

plharlise

there is no single elite group

step 1

issue recongigitoon: identity + problem

step 2

agenda

step 3

formulate plan

step 4

adopt plan

step 5

budget

step 6

implementation

step 7

evaluation

MOST IMPORTANT IN EYES OF GOVT.

entitlement

you automatically get if you qualify

means tested entitlement

to qualify you must have to have some sort of need

social security act

program specifically for people who are workers

• age needed to be: 67

• covers disability and unemployment

• workers pay for current recipients

• big problem: social security is very expensive and at a deficit

charter schools

schools with a lot more freedom, they are not state funded but are funded by the government and can be taught whatever

NCLB- No child left behind

students have to achieve a certain proficiency on standardized tests

• don’t HAVE to reach it but the school gets money if they do

• resulted in teachers just teaching to the test

ESSA- every students succeeds act

some of the demands for testing lessened, the evaluation for schools and teachers were lessened, but not eliminated

curriculum

something that is completely up to the states and yet the federal government issues nation wide standards for curriculum

head start

early intervention for poor students

Title I

added federal funds for poor schools

Government assistance

programs the govt. has to help those who do not have

Supplemental security income (SSI)

• basically unemployment benefits

• created an issue where those in low paying areas were be getting paid more on SSI then having an actual job

• Earned income credit: a plan to allow people to still draw some unemployment benefits while still having a low paying job

Food stamps

govt. program that gives people stamps and they go to the grocery store and buy food and then the grocery store is compensated by the govt.

Medicare (old people)

not means tested

Medicaid ( poor people )

means tested

Hayek

• wants a free market

• you should invest

• wars are bad for the economy

Keynes

• strict government

• more spending (govt. and personal)

• saving is bad

• wars are good for economy

Adam Smith

Invisible hand- belief in market forces, refers to the power people who buy products and services have in the economy

• favors a free market

Hayek

• Free market

• there is a boom and bust cycle- just let it run out its course

Keynes

• believes in regulating the economy to stop spending

• artificial influence on the economy

• Keynes is very popular with the govt.

Laissez Faire

let the economy do its thing, the govt. will stay out of it

Glass steagall

• government regulation of the banking industry (basically split banks into one for regular people and one for corporations)

federal deposit insurance corporation (FDIC)

basically an insurance plan for your bank account, if the bank closes they will insure a certain amount in the bank, the bank needs CONFIDENCE from the people

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

government oversight of the stock market and other parts of the finical industry

(Wagner Act) National Labor Relations Agency-

there job is to allow workers to unionize is they want

Agricultural Adjustment act (AAA)

government attempt to help regulate agricultural prices, govt. will offer money to farmers to get them to set certain rates for production (farmer subsidies)