Public Opinion, Participation, and Voting

What is significant about public opinion and polling?

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Polling Sampling

Margin of Error

Questions

Results

Intensity

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Latency

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Salience

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Soclialization

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Public Opinion Shapes Policy

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Political/Social Awareness Attentive Public

Nonevoters

Political know-nothings

Part-time citizens (roughly 40 percent)

2000 election

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Voting Changes Origninally left to individual states/property

ownership

All white male

Women /Miinorities

18 yrs old.

Voting Rights Act: 1965 Banned literacy tests

Eased registration requirements

Allowed federal registrars where discrimination ignored standards

Voter Registration Voter registration required to vote (except

North Dakota)

Federal law--Cannot stop registration until 30 days before

Motor Voter

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General Elections Elect office holders

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Primary Elections

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Special Elections

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Presidential Elections

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Miid Term Elections

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Off Year Elections

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Political Apathy

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Voter Preferences

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Candidate Appeal

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Issues

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