polls

It is 2050. You are interested in how large the U.S. population is, the number of resident legal aliens in the country, membership in non-Protestant religious denominations, party affiliation, and similar demographic facts. What tool should you use?

• tax records
• the census
• congressional reapportionment data
• telephone directories

Which of the following statements about the influence of education on political attitudes and behavior is false?

• better-educated citizens are more likely to vote than less-educated citizens
• less-educated citizens are less tolerant of radical opinions than better-educated citizens
• less-educated citizens are more likely to vote than better-educated citizens
• better-educated citizens exhibit more knowledge about public policy than less-educated citizens

What technique is the key to the accuracy of public opinion polls?

• indexing

• question length

• random sampling

• using push poll tactics

Define: The difference between what the sample results show and what the true result would be if everybody had been interviewed.

• Opinion Bias
• Inaccurate Sampling
• Sampling Error
• Tracking Poll

True or False: Public opinion doesn't affect the political process because politicians listen to the party over their constituents

• True
• False

A census must take place every:

• 6 months
• 10 years
• 25 years
• Election year

When does Private Opinion become Public Opinion?

• When it concerns public issues
• When its not divisive
• When its Expressed
• When at least 10 people articulate it.

Define: Respondents are given misleading information in the questions they are asked in order to persuade them to vote against a candidate.

• Manipulative Polls
• Machiavellian Polls
• Pull Polls
• Push Polls

Which method do polling agencies use to contact respondents?

• Cell phones
• House Phones
• Pay phones
• Mail

Political culture refers to:

• a set of beliefs about the role of the government in society.
• how truly American someone is
• an overall set of values widely shared within a society.
• a high degree of homogeneity in political opinions.