Political Participation and Soc

Process by which people gain their political attitudes & opinions

• Political Socialization
• Political Thoughts
• Political Electorate
• Suffrage

All of the people entitled to vote in the electoral college

• Electorate 
• Registration
• Party Identification
• Political Efficacy

A belief that you are a member of an economic group whose interests are opposed to people in other such groups.

• internal efficacy
• class consciousness
• political socialization
• civic duty

A belief that you can take part in politics or that government will respond to the citizenry. 

• political tolerance
• political efficacy
• progressive
• orthodox

The widely shared beliefs, values, and norms about how citizens relate to governments and to one another. 

• Political Culture
• Social Capital
• Political Ideology
• Socialization

The right to vote

• Responsibility
• Suffrage
• Freedom
• Polling

An ideology that cherishes individual liberty and insists on minimal government, promoting a free market economy, a non-interventionist foreign policy, and an absence of regulation in moral, economic, and social life. 

• liberalism
• conservatism
• environmental
• libertarianism

Union members and women are most likely to vote for which Political Party?

• Democratic
• Republican
• Libertarian
• Green

Which is the biggest influence on someone's political socialization?

• Parents' conscience decision to not discuss politics with their children
• Teacher's discussion of political debates in class
• Schools' authoritative figures instilling local and national ideals of patriotism with students
• Children receiving validation from friends' parents

An increase in partisan politics has led to an decrease in what?

• voters voting for different Parties for different offices
• the Republican Party in the south
• Women falling identifying with a gender gap
• Strong public policies