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| the distribution of the popuation's beliefs about politics and policy issues. |
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| the science of human population changes |
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| a valuable tool for understanding demographic changes. The u.s constitution requires that the government conduct an "actual enumeration" of the population every 10 years |
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| the mixing of cultures, ideas, and peoples that has changed the american nation. The United States with its history of immigration, has often been called this. |
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| the emergence of a non-caucasian majority, as compared with a white, generally Anglo saxon majority. It is predicted that about 2045, Hispanic Americans, African Americans, and Asian Americans together will outnumber White Americans. |
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| an overall set of values widely shared within a society |
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| the process of reallocationg seats in the house of representatives every 10 years on the basis of the results of the census |
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| the process through which a young person acquires political orientations as they grow up, based on inputs from parents, teachers, the media, and friends |
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| a relatively small proportion of people who chosen in a survey so as to be representative of the whole |
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| the key technique employed by sophisticated survey researchers, which operates in the principle that everyone should have an equal probability of being selected for the sample |
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| the level of confidence in the findings of a public opinion poll. The more people interviewd, the more confident one can be of the result |
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| a technique used by pollsters to place telephone calls randomly to both listed and unlisted numbers when conducting a survey |
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| public opinion surveys used by major media pollsters to predict electoral winners with speed and precision |
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| a term that refers to the regular pattern by which women are more likely to support democratic candidates. Women tend to be significantly less conservative than men and are more likely to support spending on social services and to oppose higher levels of military spendings. |
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| a coherent set of beliefs about politics, public policy, and public purpose. It helps give meaning to political events, personalities, and policies |
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| all the activities used by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or the policies they pursue. The most common but not the only means of it in a democracy is voting. Other means include protests and civil disobedience |
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| a form of political participation deisigned to achieve policy change through dramatic and unconventional tactics |
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| a form of political participation that reflects a conscious decision to break a law believed to be immoral and to suffer the consequences |
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