Public Opinion, Socialization, Voting, and Elections
SECTION I. Public Opinion and Pol. Socialization (Chapter 6)
1. Public Opinion is the collective belief of citizens on a given issue or question at a given point of time. (slide 3) or viewed as politically relevant opinions held by ordinary citizens that they can express openly (in text)
2. Attitude is a preference which relates to something very specific as:
-An issue (abortion, death penalty war in Iraq)
-A person (Bush, Obama, Boehner, Romney)
-An institution ( Fed. Reserve, Congress, Supreme Court)
-An event (2008 election, 9/11, Iraq War) (slide 7)
3. ideology is set of attributes that form a general philosophy about the role of gov. Generally we think of people as being either liberal or conservative, though in reality it's a little more complicated than that. (slide 7)
4. A) Party (PID) is generally a person is either Democrat or Republican B) We define this as, "Generally speaking what do you consider yourself as...Democrat? or Republican?" (slide7)
5. Over time public opinions is more stable-because in the realm of foreign policy, public opinion is less stable, especially on issues like war. It is influenced by international events. Overt time on domestic issues-public opinion is more stable (slide 4) (in text p. 19)
6. The process of influence and formation of attitude ideology,party, identification is called Political Socialization. (slide12)
Political socialization is the complex process which individuals become aware of politics, learn political facts, attitudes, views and opinions and form political values. (slide 13)
7. The link between political socialization and civic engagement is that the strength of our political socialization has a direct relationship with our civic involvement and engagement. (slide 13)
8. Agents of socialization are:
A) Primary- Agents interact closely and regularly with individual (ie: family, church)
B) Secondary- Agents are less intimate (ie: work associates) (in text. p. 192)
9. Agents
1. Public Opinion is the collective belief of citizens on a given issue or question at a given point of time. (slide 3) or viewed as politically relevant opinions held by ordinary citizens that they can express openly (in text)
2. Attitude is a preference which relates to something very specific as:
-An issue (abortion, death penalty war in Iraq)
-A person (Bush, Obama, Boehner, Romney)
-An institution ( Fed. Reserve, Congress, Supreme Court)
-An event (2008 election, 9/11, Iraq War) (slide 7)
3. ideology is set of attributes that form a general philosophy about the role of gov. Generally we think of people as being either liberal or conservative, though in reality it's a little more complicated than that. (slide 7)
4. A) Party (PID) is generally a person is either Democrat or Republican B) We define this as, "Generally speaking what do you consider yourself as...Democrat? or Republican?" (slide7)
5. Over time public opinions is more stable-because in the realm of foreign policy, public opinion is less stable, especially on issues like war. It is influenced by international events. Overt time on domestic issues-public opinion is more stable (slide 4) (in text p. 19)
6. The process of influence and formation of attitude ideology,party, identification is called Political Socialization. (slide12)
Political socialization is the complex process which individuals become aware of politics, learn political facts, attitudes, views and opinions and form political values. (slide 13)
7. The link between political socialization and civic engagement is that the strength of our political socialization has a direct relationship with our civic involvement and engagement. (slide 13)
8. Agents of socialization are:
A) Primary- Agents interact closely and regularly with individual (ie: family, church)
B) Secondary- Agents are less intimate (ie: work associates) (in text. p. 192)
9. Agents