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Chapter 7
public opinion
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Political Studies
12th Grade
09/28/2011

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Elite
Definition
Person with a disproportionate share of some valued resource
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Exit polls
Definition
polls based on interviews conducted on election day with randomly selected voters
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Gender gap
Definition
difference in political views between men and women
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Norm
Definition
a standard of right or proper conduct
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political elites
Definition
persons with a disproportionate share of political power
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political ideology
Definition
a more or less consistent set of beliefs about what policies government ought to pursue
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political socialization
Definition
process by which background traits influence one's political views
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poll
Definition
a survey of public opinion
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public opinion
Definition
how people think or feel about particular things
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random sample
Definition
method of selecting from a population in which each person has an equal probability of being selected
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sampling error
Definition
the difference between the results of random samples taken at the same time
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