Political Socialization & Polling Exit Ticket

What is political socialization?

• All the people who might be interest group members because they share the same common interest.
• The process through which an individual acquires his/her particular orientations - his/her knowledge, feelings, and evaluations regarding his/her political world.
• How similar cases have been decided in the past.
• The distribution of the population's beliefs about politics and policy issues.

Rank in order of importance of socialization 

• Family, school, friends, media
• School, family, friends, media
• Friends, family, media, school
• Media, friends, family, school

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

• Media

• Public Agenda

• Sampling

• Political Socialization

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

• Political Socialization

• Sampling

• Fourth Estate

• Public Agenda

What are demographics?

• Demographics are the “measure of the people”

• Demographics are the social indicators or socio-economic status (SES) of individuals in the population

• Demographics indicate race, class, family, religion, residence, age, gender etc

• All the above

What is the term for a set of beliefs and values that are shared by the population (example freedom and equality)?

• political efficacy

• political trust

• political socialization

• political culture

Match this definition to the correct key term: the sum of many individual opinions, beliefs, or attitudes about a public person or issue

• Political Socialization

• Family Values

• Gender and Ethnicity

• Public Opinion

Identify the correct type of poll to each definition. Favorability Poll

• an informal and unofficial election poll conducted with a non-random population

• politically biased campaign information presented as a poll in order to change minds

• a public opinion poll that measures a public’s positive feelings about a candidate or politician

• an election poll taken by interviewing voters as they leave a polling place

Why are polls useful?

• Polls provide the public with information that is useful during elections

• Polls provide candidates and campaigns relevant information about their performance

• Polls provide information to policy-makers about important public policy issues

• All the above

What term refers to the attitudes held by a significant number of people about an issue of public affairs?

• Public Opinion

• Pubic Policy

• Public Affairs

• Publics