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| Political Culture | Part of American culture focusing on politics |
| Political Socialization | Process of learning facts and opinions about politics |
| Political Efficacy | Feelings effectiveness in politics |
| Disenfranchised | deprived of the legal right to vote. |
| Public Opinion | Point of view about a public issue held by a large number of people. |
| Propaganda | tecniques of writing, speaking, or reporting used to persuade a person to hold a certain attitude |
| Public Opinion | Survey of the opinions of a certain group of people. |
| Characteristics of people who vote regulary | White, over 45, college educated, Midwest or Northerners |
| Characteristics of people who do not vote | non white, elementary educated, live in west or south. |
| Sex that votes most often | Female |
| It has the most influence over your poltical socialization | Family |
| Challanges to American political culture | Flag & draft card burning |
| What you must do before you can show up at polls and vote | Register |
| Since 1924, the number of votes for the winner of the Presidential candidate was _______ than the number of people who did not vote | Less |
| Reasons for not voting | Felon, Illness/injury, busy, my vote doesn't matter |
| Ways to participate in politics other than by voting | run for office, sign petition, work in government. |
| Most common way to "skew" a public opinion pll. | The way you ask a question. |
| Propaganda is always truthfull information | False |
| 2 most common measurements of public opinion | elections & opinion poll. |
