AP GovPo Polling

Sample populations are not demographically stratified, nor randomly selected, and not representative of the general population.

• entrance / exit polls

• tracking polls

• opinion polls

• straw polls

• focus groups

Which poll uses randomly selected and stratified sample populations to predict the voting behavior of a large population?

• Online polls

• Focus groups

• Scientific polls

• Straw polls

What kind of bias is produced in polls when people refuse to participate in polling calls?

• Selection bias

• Interviewer bias

• Nonresponsive bias

• Response bias

What polls are really rumor mills?

• Tracking polls

• Push polls

• Pull polls

• Bias polls

Used to find the preferences of a particular demographic group.

• Focus groups

• Online polls

• Push polls

• Straw polls

• Benchmark polls

What is the purpose of polling?

• To predict political behavior by sampling public attitudes

• To help politicians in campaigns by identifying political trends

• To provide the public with information

• All the above

What is the viewed as an acceptable margin-of-error in political polling?

• (+/-) 3-4%

• (+/-) 4-5%

• (+/-) 2-3%

• (+/-) 2-6%

What is the optimal sample population size?

• 1000

• 800

• 1400

• 2500

What term describes the process of creating a public value system?

• Public indoctrination

• Political socialization

• Political acculturation

• Political ideation

• Brainwashing

What does everybody have which enables them to participate in politics to one extent or another?

• A sense of patriotism

• Ideological beliefs

• Political resources

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