the ideas and attitudes that most people hold about elected officials, candidates, government, and political issues

• public opinion

• whether a person is male or female

• a group of people who share a point of view about an issue and unite to promote their beliefs

• a specialist whose job is to conduct polls regularly

whether a person is male or female

• random

• interest group

• mass media

• gender

a mechanism of mass communication, including television, radio, the Internet, newspapers, magazines, books, recordings, and movies

• mass media

• interest group

• pollster

• random

a group of people who share a point of view about an issue and unite to promote their beliefs

• public opinion poll

• public opinion

• mass media

• interest group

a survey in which individuals are asked to answer questions about a particular issue or person

• public opinion poll

• pollster

• random

• public opinion

a specialist whose job is to conduct polls regularly

• pollster

• a survey in which individuals are asked to answer questions about a particular issue or person

• the ideas and attitudes that most people hold about elected officials, candidates, government, and political issues

• a group of people who share a point of view about an issue and unite to promote their beliefs

by chance

• gender

• random

• mass media

• interest group

an organization that supports causes that affect the lives of Americans in general

• public-interest group

• interest group

• mass media

• nonpartisan

free from party ties or bias

• nonpartisan

• lobbyist

• guarantee

• public-interest group

representative of an interest group who contacts lawmakers or other government officials directly to influence their policy making

• pollster

• watchdog

• lobbyist

• prior restraint