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Political Behavior. Unit 9. Political Socialization. The process of developing one’s political beliefs. Political Socialization. Developed from: The Family…over 50% of children under 18 align with parents School Peers/Role Models Historical Events Media… Daily Show v. Nightly news - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Unit 9
The process of developing one’s political beliefs
Developed from: The Family…over 50% of children under 18
align with parents School Peers/Role Models Historical Events Media…Daily Show v. Nightly news Religion Race/ethnicity Gender Age
Types: Straw polls
◦ Unscientific measure of opinions Political polls
◦ Push polls…designed to push people away from a person or issue
◦ Tracking polls…repeated over a series of days to measure short term opinion
◦ Exit polls…conducted by the media on election day to help predict election outcomes
Public opinion polls “Scientifically” conducted in order to
measure opinion◦ Examples: Gallup; Zogby
Process:1.Prepare questions2. Identify the group; select a sample
the group◦ A national sample is 1,500
3. Interview4.Evaluate
Best polls will have a:±3% Margin of error
Use the laptop activity results to evaluate voter behavior in the following areas
Region Gender Race Age Income Religion Education
Unit 9
2004: 216,000,000 eligible voters 2004: 126,000,000 voted (58%) Reasons for the low turnout?
◦ Apathy is the biggest reason…others?
What is a Party? Groups of people who seek to control
government by electing its members to public office
What do the parties do? Organize & Campaign Nominate Candidates Create platform and inform people of issues Bind people together & break people apart Controls government
History: Anti-Federalists vs. Federalists (Pre-Constitution age) Federalists vs. Democratic-Republicans (1800 – 1828) Whigs vs. Democrats (1828 – 1854) Republicans vs. Democrats (1854 – present)
Why have 2 party system? Multi-party systems work best in smaller
countries Multi-party systems are often chaotic Two-party system creates a balance in
government
Minority parties Often sway elections Often influence the platforms of majority
parties Types:
◦Ideological parties◦Single issue parties◦Splinter parties
Less disposed to spend on defense
Less disposed to use vouchers, or other public funds, to let students attend private schools
More disposed to spend money to advance social-welfare programs
More disposed to use government money for public education
More disposed to spend money on government-run health programs
More disposed to grant tax relief to targeted groups such as the lower and middle classes
Against private ownership of assault weapons and for broader regulations on the ownership of firearms
More disposed to spend on defense
More disposed to use school vouchers for private schools and to give government aid to parochial schools
More disposed to grant tax relief to everyone, including the wealthy and corporations
Less disposed to spend money on social-welfare programs
Less disposed to spend money on government-run health programs
Less disposed to regulate firearms