knowledge check 6-10

Which of the following is considered a primary agent of political socialization?

• Family

• Media

• Friends

• Co-workers

Political Socialization is:

• What people think about something.

• The process by which people acquire their political beliefs.

• The beliefs and attitudes of politicians

• when people are categorized based on what they believe

Super PACs cannot coordinate their activities with Presidential campaigns. Instead they use advertising designed to sway public opinion around a hot button issue. This kind of advertising is called:

• Public Fund Advertising

• Non-party advertising

• Issue advocacy advertising

• private donation spending

Which is an indication of strong party loyalty?

• straight ticket voting

• split ticket voting

• an increase in independent voters

• short term candidates

"Would you vote for John Smith if you knew that he had been arrested for using cocaine?" is an example of a polling question from what kind of poll?

• A scientific poll

• a push poll

• a drug poll

• a forced poll

The goal of a political party is to:

• spend lots of money

• get its members elected

• influence federal agencies

• run primaries

The primary goal of an interest group is usually to:

• get its members elected

• sell merchandise

• create advertisements

• influence the government

In its role as a ________________, the media keeps an eye on the government which helps democracy.

• prisoner
• watchdog
• cheerleader
• voice of reason

Which of the following is “MEDIA”?

• TV, movies, magazines

• Social Networks

• Radio, newspaper

• All of the options are media

True or false? If you watch the television news, you will hear about all the issues that exist.

• True

• False