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| agents of political socialization |
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| People and institutions that influence the political views of others. |
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| A poll sample that does not accurately represent the population. |
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| A term used to describe the difference between the percentage of votes cast for a particular candidate by women and the percentage of votes cast for the same candidate by men. |
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| A clause in a state law that restricted the franchise (voting rights) to those whose grandfathers had voted; one of the techniques used in the South to prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote. |
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| A test given to voters to ensure that they could read and write and thus evaluate political information; a technique used in many southern states to restrict African American participation in elections. |
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| Newspapers, magazines, television, radio, the Internet, and any other printed or electronic means of communication. |
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| Associates, often those close in age to oneself; may include friends, classmates, co-workers, club members, or religious group members. Peer group influence is a significant factor in the political socialization process. |
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| Associates, often those close in age to oneself; may include friends, classmates, co-workers, club members, or religious group members. Peer group influence is a significant factor in the political socialization process. |
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| A learning process through which most people acquire their political attitudes, opinions, beliefs, and knowledge. |
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| A fee of several dollars that had to be paid before a person could vote; a device used in some southern states to prevent African Americans from voting. |
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| The views of the citizenry about politics, public issues, and public policies; a complex collection of opinions held by many people on issues in the public arena. |
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| A numerical survey of the public''s opinion on a particular topic at a particular moment. |
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| A campaign tactic used to feed false or misleading information to potential voters, under the guise of taking an opinion poll, with the intent to ‘push’ voters away from one candidate and toward another. |
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| In the context of opinion polling, a sample in which each person within the entire population being polled has an equal chance of being chosen. |
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| In the context of opinion polling, the difference between what the sample results show and what the true results would have been had everybody in the relevant population been interviewed. |
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| vital center The center of the political spectrum, or those who hold moderate political views. The center is vital because without it, it may be difficult, if not impossible, to reach the compromises that are necessary to a political system''s continuity. |
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| A nonscientific poll; a poll in which there is no way to ensure that the opinions expressed are representative of the larger population. |
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| In the context of opinion polling, a group of people selected to represent the population being studied. |
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| a primary election in which african americans were prohibited from voting. The practice was banned by the Supreme Court in 1944. |
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| a term used to describe the tendency of the southern states to vote Democratic after the Civil War. |
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