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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The collection of views and attitudes held by different groups and individuals in the United States toward the political system in general, and important public issues specifically | public opinion |
| Benefits won by an interest group but that are extended to individuals in society who are not members of the group (for example, clean air) | purposive benefits |
| Refers to the practice of asking respondents loaded questions (in which respondents are pushed toward a desired attitudinal outcome) about a candidate in order to receive negative responses | push polling |
| Quiescent, or latent public opinion, refers to potential opinion that can become activated through events or the communication of more information, especially by the media | quiescence |
| A system whereby every individual in the population and geographic region has an equal mathematical chance of being included in the sample, just as in a lottery every number has the same probability of being selected | random sampling |
| A shift in the party loyalties of the electorate so that the previous minority party becomes the majority party for a lengthy period | realignment |
| A reallocation of public funds from middle-class and wealthy taxpayers to individuals who cannot support themselves or who are in need of other forms of governmental assistance | redistributive policy |
| The process, intended to prevent voter fraud, by which a voter's name, address, place of residence, and so on are recorded at the local registrar's office, thus making him or her eligible to vote | registration |
| A tax that disproportionately affects lower-income taxpayers, such as a sales tax | regressive tax |
| A policy that protects the general population from actual or potential economic, health, or environmental hazards | regulatory policy |
| Relevant public opinion deals with how important or unimportant an issue may be to individuals | relevance |
| A democracy in which the people elect representatives who, in turn, make political policies and decisions | representative democracy |
| The term is generally understood to mean a representative democracy, whereby fundamental liberties are preserved. See also representative democracy | republican form of government |
| The requirement that a citizen must have lived in a locality for at least thirty days prior to an election in order to vote in local, state, and congressional races. Note that some states have eliminated or reduced this requirement | residency requirement |
| The 1973 Supreme Court decision, asserting that (a) a woman has a constitutional right to an abortion during the first trimester; (b) the second trimester can involve state regulation to protect the mother's health | Roe v Wade |
| An alliance of urban dwellers, blue-collar workers, Catholics, Jews, southern conservatives, and northern liberals that collectively created the basis for the Democratic party's political dominance from 1932 to 1968 | Roosevelt's New Deal coalition |
| The traffic-cop committee in the House that schedules bills for floor action, allocates the length of time for debate, and decides whether the bill can be amended on the floor | Rules Committee |
| In polling procedures, representations that mirror much of the larger population's qualities or attributes | samples |
| The Fifth Amendment protection that states that an individual cannot be compelled to testify against him- or herself | self-incrimination |
| Established during the Carter presidency, the SES consists of top civil servants who are rewarded for effective job performance through bonuses, but are also more easily dismissed or demoted | Senior Executive Service (SES) |
| A congressional tradition by which the member of the majority party with the longest continuous service on a committee automatically assumes the chair position of that committee. Separation of powers. See checks and balances/separation of powers | seniority |
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