Government Last Exam Study Part 1

The collective attitudes and beliefs of individuals on one or more issues

• Public opinion

• Public opinion polls

• The people

• Self-interested

Scientific efforts to estimate what an entire group thinks about an issue by asking a smaller sample of the group for its opinion

• The Role of Public Opinions

• Mediated forms

• Public opinion polls

• The House

Narrative of the founding of the country and the values that support it and deserve loyalty

• Public Opinion

• Key

• Race

• Patriotism

The process by which we learn our political orientations and allegiances

• Political opinion

• Political Socialization

• Race

• Patriotism

A strong emotional attachment to one's political community

• Race

• Patriotism

• Support

• Key

The process by which a majority opinion becomes exaggerated because minorities do not fell comfortable speaking out in opposition

• political community

• Shortness of support

• The long pause

• Spiral of silence

Deep and consistent cleavage in American politics

• Presidential Parties

• Gas

• Race

• Economics

The tendency of men and women to differ in their political views on some issues

• Gender gap

• Gender inequality

• Political stature

• Liberalism

The tendency of married and unmarried people to differ in their political views on some issues

• Marriage gap

• Conservatism

• Marriage Dispute

• Gender gap

Groups of citizens whose political views have been shaped by the common events of their youth

• Political Generations

• Liberalism

• Newer Generations

• Negative Partisanship