Gender and Ethnicity, News Media, Peer Groups, Family, Schools, Religion

The process by which we are trained to understand and join a country’s political world, and, like most forms of socialization, it starts when we are very young

Informal polls, informally collect opinions of a non-random population or group

During an election and interviewers stand at the polling places on Election Day to ask voters how they voted, there is always the possibility the poll results will be wrong

Consists of a group whose demographic distribution is similar to that of the overall population

Consists of a limited number of people from the overall population, selected in such a way that each has an equal chance of being chosen

Consider the following question that is asked on a poll:

"Do you approve of President's Trump's job performance as President?"

Which of the following is an example of a leading question asked directly before this question?

All of the following are examples of how public opinion is important in a democracy EXCEPT....

This type of poll helps to decide what the candidate’s message should be and what voters care about.

This poll predict the results of elections

This type of poll tells how a candidate is doing on a day to day basis and how the public responds to the candidate's message.

a theory that assumes the politician is in office to be the voice of the people and to vote only as the people want

Why are public opinion polls so important to elections?