Budris AP Gov Unit 4: POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES AND BELIEFS

Individualism

a core political value of the United States that stresses freedom of choice (speech, religion, economic) and personal responsibility.

Equality of Opportunity

a core political value of the United States that stresses the importance that all citizens have the same opportunity to succeed economically.

Free Enterprise

a core political value of the United States that stresses private ownership of business and property, competition, and low government regulation.

Rule of Law

a core political value of the United States that stresses that institutions should treat all citizens in an equal and consistently predictable way.

Limited Government

a core political value of the United States that stresses restrictions on government authority clearly included in the US Constitution.

Political Socialization

the process by which a person creates their political values, beliefs and behaviors.

Opinion Polls

polls that record the attitudes and beliefs of Americans at a given moment in time.

Tracking Polls

polls that record the preferences of Americans in regards to voting preferences.

Exit Polls

polls conducted after people have voted that capture the reasoning behind their choices.

Random Sampling

the most reliable way of finding a sample of poll participants, in which every person has an equal chance to be chosen.

Democratic Party

political party that favors the government to be used as a tool to solve society's problems.

Republican Party

political party that wishes to restrict the power of government, believing that the government is more likely to complicate problems.

Liberal

political ideology that favors more social freedoms and more government economic regulation.

Conservative

political ideology that favors traditional social values and less government economic regulation.

Regulation

rules for economic activity that are set by the government.

Libertarian

political ideology that favors maximum freedom--broad social freedom and minimal government involvement in the economy.

Keynesian Economics

an economic theory that the government should frequently use spending to stimulate the economy, even if it results in high government debt.

Supply-side Economics

an economic theory that government should reduce taxes on the wealthy and on business, to allow them to use surplus wealth to stimulate business.

Equality of Outcome

belief that all citizens should have basic food, clothing, shelter and education.

Bandwagon Effect

a phenomenon in polling in which people are drawn to candidates and positions that have high poll numbers.