Unit 11:Political Process

Body of ideas shared by a segment of society on issues of interest or concern

• Public polls

• Public Opinion

• Public Policy

• Group polls

Choices and actions made by government in response to a particular issue or problem.

• exit poll

• Political socialization

• poll

• Public Policy

Process by which people acquire political beliefs

• political socialization

• mass media

• propaganda

• public policy

Means of communication that provide information to a large audience

• Mass media

• public policy

• public opinion

• Propaganda

Statements meant to influence public opinion or promote a cause or viewpoint

• Public opinion

• Mass media

• propaganda

• Public policy

Survey of people scientifically selected to provide opinions about something

• Political socialization

• Public Policy

• Public opinion

• poll

Group of people who take part in a poll

• political socialization

• poll

• sampling error

• sample

Errors introduced by polling methods that lead to one outcome over others

• Sample error

• exit poll

• Socialization error

• Sample

Freedom from bias and outside factors

• bias

• propaganda

• objectivity

• yellow journalism

Election-day survey of randomly selected voters that is used to predict winners

• Sample

• Exit poll

• Political socialization

• Public opinion