APGOPO 3 Forreal

Americans are more willing to tolerate economic inequality than political inequality.

Based on public opinion research, the American public is highly knowledgeable about government.

The gender gap in U.S. public opinion has existed for a long time

Demographic information is enough to accurately predict an individual’s opinions

One way in which the family forms and transmits political beliefs is by its religious tradition

Framers were not willing to empower even persistent majorities or subject fundamental freedoms to a popular vote.

Younger people are uniformly more liberal than their elders.

Most Americans do not employ the words “liberal” or “conservative” (historically)

sociologist Max Weber explained the rise of American capitalism as being due to the nation’s commitment to civic duty

Floaters” were good for political parties and democracy.

The more informed a person is about politics, more likely he/she is to be ideologically consistent in his/her thought

The gender gap in U.S. public opinion sees women voting more Democratic than men

Americans think about the world, including how they think about politics, is acquired within the family

Early academic studies of public opinion found that voters were generally informed about issues and governmental process

When VEP is used instead of VAP, estimates of voter turnout tend to decrease.

Today, popular confidence in political institutions remains higher in America than in many places abroad

Keeping informed about government and politics would be an example of political participation

Most Americans believe that people should not be allowed to vote if they cannot read or write

Blacks did not begin to vote in large numbers until passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

Donald Kinder and David Sears view Americans strong belief in economic individualism as “symbolic racism”

Today, Americans have less trust in government than they once did. 

The rise of the Internet will have little effect on political participation

George Bush was the only candidate who extolled the virtues of religion

When the voting age was lowered to eighteen, those eighteen to twenty-one years of age voted in impressive numbers.

The Motor Voter Law has clearly led to an increase in the number of registered voters and an increase in voter turnout.

The proportion of citizens who claim to be independents has declined in recent years

Britain and France are more likely to think it is the responsibility of the government to take care of the poor

Mericans' support education & training programs to help disadvantaged, but generally opposed to preferential treatment

Swedes are less likely than Americans to challenge governmental decisions

The only meaningful religious distinction in the United States is between Protestants and Catholics.

Strict voter registration requirements reduce fraud but also reduce voter turnout

Voter fraud today is more prevalent than in the nineteenth century and helps explain declining voter turnout

We have recently learned that our genetic background may explain some of our political ideology

The VAP is problematic as a baseline measure because some people in that figure are not actually eligible to vote.

Theory of why voter turnout started to decline in the early 1900s is that the legal barriers to participation increased

In European nations, voter registration is automatic.

FF believed that average citizens lacked the information, energy, interest, and experience to decide on public policy

Several states permitted women to vote prior to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment

Americans are more likely to believe in equality of results than in equality of opportunity.

The 2008 presidential election featured a record level of voter turnout among young persons (below thirty years of age).

Americans are more likely than other counties to think that a belief in God is an important aspect of moral life

de Tocqueville visited the United States in 1835 in order to research its prison systems.

Voters follow their party leaders blindly. (Historically)

progressive side of the culture war takes the position that moral rules have to be evaluated in light of circumstances.

Areas where non-English speaking persons live, can supply ballots to voters that are written in their own language.

Social class influences American public opinion more than European public opinion

Motor Voter Law allows citizens in 25 states to register to vote when they obtain their driver’s license.

Writing a letter to the editor would be an example of political participation

text suggests that it is increasingly more difficult to conduct reliable polling with the traditional land line methods

Poll taxes and literacy tests were methods used to keep blacks from voting