Exam 7: Political Ideologies & Political Participation
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- Q1General agreement among the citizenry on an issue constitutes __________.majority rulea reconciliationa divisive opiniona consensus30s
- Q2The process by which people acquire political beliefs and attitudes is known as __________.political socializationopinion leadershipconsensus buildingagenda setting30s
- Q3The transfer of political attitudes and beliefs __________.is exceptionally rare in familiesis most likely to occur from parents to childrenis equally likely to occur from children to parentsis more likely to occur from children to parents30s
- Q4Agenda Setting is determining __________.which public policy questions will be coveredwhich proportion of the public expresses the same view on an issuethe aggregate opinion of the political elitesby what process people acquire political beliefs and attitudes30s
- Q5The Life Cycle Effect is the __________.process by which people acquire political beliefs and attitudesprinciple that gender affects political party identificationvalue assigned to a person because of occupation or incomecertain attitudes occurring at certain chronological ages30s
- Q6Generational Effect refers to the __________.increased tension between major political partiestendency for people to adopt conservative political opinions as they ageway in which political socialization produces opinionsExperience that events at influential times influence political opinions30s
- Q7Voters who exhibit high degrees of religiosity (attend services regularly), regardless of church affiliation, are __________.more likely to vote for conservative candidatesmore likely to vote for Independent and third-party candidatesmore likely to vote Democraticless likely to vote at all30s
- Q8The most important principle in sampling for polls is __________.prior experiencethe sample sizerandom samplingthe integrity of the pollster30s
- Q9In 1990, Congress passed a large tax increase. This tax increase is an example of ______sampling sizemonetary policyplatform politicsfiscal policy30s
- Q10A political party differs from an interest group in that __________.political parties do not want to operate the government and interest groups doindividuals in a political party agree on all major policy issuesindividuals must pay dues to belong to a political partyInterest groups donât want to operate the government while parties do30s
- Q11Which of the following groups is more likely than the others to affiliate with the Democratic Party?Cuban AmericanswomenChristian churchgoersolder Americans30s
- Q12Republicans of today emphasize __________.the need for vast governmental regulation of the economyall required social freedomsthe importance of the marketplace and less emphasis on government-run programsthe need to increase taxes on the wealthy and on large corporations30s
- Q13How can the Judicial Branch check the Executive Branch?Controlling of ElectionsControl of SpendingVeto OverrideJudicial Review of Actions30s
- Q14__________ are part of the constitutional means referred to in Federalist Paper # 51 to help create the government he desired most.The Electoral CollegeSocial ContractsJudicial ReviewChecks and Balances30s
- Q15According to the original Constitution before any amendments, only the __________ would be directly elected by the people in the Federal Legislature - the Congress.House of RepresentativesSupreme CourtSenatepresident30s