1. The various attitudes that citizens poses toward political issues, events, and people are called? |
A) Public opinions |
2. A political ideology is best defined as: |
C) a cohesive set of believes that from a general philosophy about the government. |
3. Liberalism and conservatism are good example of: |
C)political ideologies |
4. The term public opinion is used to describe: |
C) Peoples’s beliefs and attitudes toward different issues. |
5. The complex set of beliefs and values that, as a whole, from general philosophy about the government is called: |
B)Political ideology |
6. The difference between political value |
D)Values are basic principles while attitudes are specific preferences. |
7. Fundamental political values: |
A) Unify Americans around a common set of goals for the government. |
8. Base on recent polling data, what percentage of Americans believed that gays should have equal rights? |
E) 89 percent |
9. Based on recent poling data, what percentage of Americans disagreed with the statement "Any group should be allowed to hold a rally for a cause" ? |
B) 31 percent |
10. Base on recent polling data, what percentage of Americans is worried about government monitoring of personal information? |
C) 56 percent |
11. Which of the following terms describe America’s fundamental political values? |
E) liberty, equality, and democracy |
12. Freedom from government control is what most Americans call: |
C) liberty |
13. The controversial nature of affirmative action reveals that: |
B) different policy outcomes can be based on the same fundamental principle. |
14. Which of the following statements about political opinions is not true? |
C) The poor are generally less supportive of economic and social programs than the wealthy. |
15. The process by which underling political values are formed is known as: |
A) Political socialization |
16. People’s political party preferences are primarily acquire through the influence of : |
A) their families |
17. Which of the following statements about agencies of socialization is Incorrect? |
C) and individual’s religion has no impact on their political views. |
18. Which of the following statements best describes perceptions of racism among blacks and whites? |
A) Blacks are more likely than whites to believe that racism is very common in the United States today. |
19. The term gender gap refers to : |
A) differences in voting behavior between men and women. |
20. Which of the following phenomena cannot be explained by the gender gap? |
C) Men are more likely to join political parties and other social organizations. |
21. Why are groups and associations so critical to the formation of political opinions? |
A) Individual often consciously or unconsciously adopt the views of groups they identify with. |
22. The "spiral of silence" describes the phenomenon of: |
A) people who silence or modify their opinions in order to conform to their peer group’s beliefs. |
23. What did James Madison identify as the greatest source of political conflict for the United States? |
C) differences between the rich and the poor |
24. What is the key difference between those who have gone to college and those who have not? |
C) There is a higher level of political participation among those with a college education. |
25. The transition many white southerners made from the Democratic to the Republican Party is a good example of : |
A) the changes in political conditions and circumstances in the South, rather than the opinions values. |
26. The believe that government is a wasteful and dangerous institution and should be limited to as few activities as possible is and example of a political : |
C) ideology |
27. A liberal would most likely support: |
A) an expansion in governmental social services. |
28. Opposition to legalized abortion is a position must likely supported by_____ while support for legalized abortion is a position most likely supported by_____. |
B) Conservatives; liberals |
29. Conservatives are more likely than liberals to support: |
C) school prayer |
30. One who supports abortion rights and opposes state involvement with religious institutions would be best described as: |
A) liberal |
31. In a liberal ideology, which of the core American values is most important ? |
C) equality |
32. ___ is the core political value most highly prized by American conservatives. |
B) Liberty |
33. Political ideologies can be best understood as: |
B) open and fluid sets of general characteristics that shift in response to political events, political leaders, and life changes. |
34. People’s underlying beliefs and ideologies: |
b) Tends to automatically color their perceptions and opinions about politics. |
35. Studies of political opinion show that… |
a) most people do not hold specific and clearly defined opinions on all political issues. |
36. While an individual’s underlying beliefs help shape his opinions on particular issues, two other important factors are: |
A) One’s knowledge of political issues and the outside influences affecting that person’s views. |
37. Which of the following is not true? |
E) Others can not influence in people’s ideas and beliefs. |
38. If a person does not know anything about a proposed piece of legislation but supports it because Barack Obama endorsed it: we would say the person: |
E) reached their decision through the use of an informational shortcut. |
39. Recent studies by political scientists have shown that ; |
b) The average American exhibits little knowledge about political institution, processes, or leaders. |
40. The ability of citizens to influence their government through an awareness of an interest in politics is called; |
C) Political Efficacy |
41. The concept of marketplace of ideas refers to; |
b) the competition between varying opinions and ideas that are aired in public forums. |
42. Why does the marketplace of ideas often have a moderating effect on people’s opinions? |
A) Given constant exposure to other people’s ideas, it is almost impossible for one not to modify one’s own viewpoints. |
43. Which of the following statements about the marketplace of ideas is true? |
B) Very few ideas emerge and spread in the marketplace spontaneously. |
44. Which of the following statements about the forces that shape public opinion is not true? |
D) Government officials rarely attempt to influence public support for the policies they are promoting. |
45. Which of the following was not part of the Bush administration’s effort to maintaing support for its war on terror? |
E) donations to academic institutions |
46. Which of the following statements about governmental public relations efforts is not true? |
A) Do to its size and power, the government is incredibly successful at influencing public opinion. |
47. Which of the following best characterizes the Clinton White House’s attempts to influence public opinion? |
A) The Clinton White House used techniques similar to those used in election campaigns to bolster popular enthusiasm for White House initiatives. |
48. Which organizations are committed to developing and marketing conservative ideas and policies? |
A) The Heritage Foundation, the Hoover Institute, and the American Enterprise Institute. |
49. Each of the following is a liberal organization except; |
D) The Chamber of Commerce. |
50. Which of the following statements is not true? |
D) Think tanks do very little to develop and spread political ideas. |
51. Political Ideas |
B) Rarely erupt spontaneous from the American people and are often manufactured by think tanks and professors at universities. |
52. Which statement concerning the news media is not true? |
B) In a free democracy, the news media provides informations without framing or interpreting it in any particular way. |
53. The famous Lincoln-Douglas debates took place |
C) Outside, in the cornfields and town squares of Illinois |
54. Which statement about public opinion polls is not true? |
b) Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas were the first politicians to use public opinion polls. |
55. The small group selected by pollsters to represent the entire population is called the; |
C) Sample |
56. In public opinion surveys, a sample of the total population; |
D) Must be representative in that the views of those in the sample must be accurately and proportionately reflect the views of the whole population. |
57. When pollsters are given a list of people to be surveyed, this list is called the; |
A) Sampling frame |
58. In 1936, pollsters at the Literary Digest were guilty of____ when they mistakenly predicted a presidential victory for Alf Landor over Franklin Roosevelt by polling people whose names came from the telephone book and automobile registration records. |
D) Selection Bias |
59. The failure of major pollsters to predict Jesse Ventura’s 1998 victory in Minnesota’s gubernatorial election demonstrates that; |
B) researchers polled only people who had voted before, ignoring potential new voters. |
60. The typical margin of error in a sample survey of 1,500 respondents is; |
C) 3 percent. |
61. A frequent cause of measurement error in polls is due to; |
B) poorly worded questions |
62. Question formats can cause errors in polling that affect the polls’; |
A) Validity |
63. The practice of push polling involves; |
C) The procedure of asking loaded questions in order to subtly shape the respondent’s opinion. |
64. When politicians use polling data to emphasize issues to which polls have given more importance than necessary, they have fallen for the; |
c) illusion of saliency. |
65. During presidential elections, there is often a post-convention___in the popularity of a presidential candidate resulting from increased media attention. |
c) bounce |
66. If decide to support a candidate because I see that he or she is the front-runner in a poll, I become an example of; |
c) the bandwagon effect. |
67. Which of the following statements best summarizes the findings of studies on the relationship between public opinion and public policy in the United States? |
c) The government’s actions are usually in line with the public’s preferences but some areas of disagreement always arise. |
69. An important reason for why public policy and public opinion may not coincide in the United States is that: |
A) the American system of government includes arrangements, such as an appointed judiciary, which may produce policy decisions that run contrary to prevailing popular sentiment. |
68. What is an initiative? |
B) A procedure that allows for laws to be placed on a ballot and voted on by the electorate. |
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