Political Socialization and Public Opinion

Factors that influence an individual's political attitudes, opinions, and beliefs (Check all that apply)

• Gender/Ethnicity

• Family

• School

• News/Media

The process by which people form their political attitudes

• Media

• Political Socialization

• Public Agenda

• Intensity

This helps a minority win on an issue of public policy over the majority

• Intensity

• Sampling

• Political Socialization

• Public Agenda

A method of systematically polling a selected group of people who are representative of the total population

• Media

• Public Agenda

• Opinion Poll

• Political Socialization

The difference between what the sample results show and what the true result would be if everyone had been interviewed

• Political Socialization

• Intensity

• Sampling Error

• Public Agenda

Most commonly understood to embrace national government solutions to public problems

• Media

• Public Agenda

• Conservative

• Liberal

Most commonly understood to embrace solutions by the private sector for public problems

• Liberal

• Conservative

• Public Agenda

• Media

The news media can influence this by highlighting issues perceived as meriting public attention

• Political Socialization

• Sampling

• Fourth Estate

• Public Agenda

Keeping citizens informed and holding leaders accountable is the primary role of the

• Public Agenda

• Sampling

• Media

• Conservative

An organized group of individuals who make policy-related appeals to government

• Media

• Public Agenda

• Interest Groups

• Bureaucracy