Midterm 2 Quiz Fall 2023

Political opinions can be shaped by which of the following groups?

A set of promises explaining what a candidate from the party will do if elected

I want to run a study on opinions of PSCI 1101 students and decide to use my two sections as my samples. Is that okay?

Media keeping track of what politicians are doing and offering insights into policy successes/failures is an example of:

Who is the current Speaker of the House? :')

Pieces of relevant info from sources like political socialization that come to mind when the opinion is requested

Partisanship, drama, personalization, gender, authority, and socioeconomic factors are all considered examples of what?

The Electoral College casts electoral votes in correlation with each state's...

Every census when reapportionment occurs, the small state bias becomes smaller

When conducting a survey, we use a sample in order to gauge the public opinion of the entire population

Davis and Dunaway believe that the media causes mass polarization throughout the United States.

Which SC case overturned certain aspects of the Voting Rights Act, as we learned in the Schuit and Rogowski paper?

A way a communication source defines and constructs any piece of communicated information (how it's presented)

The practice of rewarding party supporters with benefits like federal government positions

When does Gries believe that ideology acts as a more powerful driver of attitudes?

A system of voting where the candidate who receives the most votes within a geographic area wins the election

Per Schuit & Rogowski, the preclearance requirement has what type of relationship w/ support for civ rights legislation?

When you keep returning to the same news source because it reinforces your pre-existing beliefs and biases

Should we trust public opinion polls as absolute fact?

Which SC case eliminated certain restrictions on the timing of campaign advertising by corporations/organizations?

Which of the following can happen during a realignment?

Third parties eventually die through which two proccesses?

The findings in Davis & Dunaway, Gries, and Schuit & Rogowski's papers all have implications for the electoral process

When a large # of voters vote against incumbents because of poor econ conditions, scandal, and/or a costly/unpopular war

The tendency of people to see neutral media coverage of an event as biased against their point of view

The structure of national, state, and local parties, including party leaders and workers

Pieces of info abt a candidate that are readily available, easy to interpret, and lead a citizen to decide who vote for

Selina Meyer ties with Bill O'Brian in the general presidential election, 269-269. What happens now?

An aggregate of the individual views, attitudes, and beliefs about a particular topic

We can counter potential media effects and bias by not sharing unsourced info and only reading the news sparingly

FCC regulation requiring broadcast media to provide equal air time on any non-news program to all candidates

A random sample of 1,000 people usually yields a margin of error of

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Based on the Schuit and Rogowski reading, does representation matter when it comes to governance?

The paradox of voting asks why citizens vote when their indiv votes stand little chance of changing the election outcome

The process by which an individual's political opinions are shaped by other people and the surrounding culture

Per Davis and Dunaway, what effect does the media have on sorting?

The group of officeholders who belong to a specific political party and were elected as candidates of that party

A change in the size or composition of the party coalitions or in the nature of issues that divide the parties

Runoff elections exist in states that operate with a plurality voting system

A primary election in which anyone who is a registered member of the party or registered as an independent can vote

In democracy w/ single-member districts & plurality voting, only 2 parties' candidates have realistic chances of winning

Gov agency that enforces/regulates election laws, made up of 6 pres appointees w/ no more than 3 from the same party

Which one of these is NOT considered a reason why public opinion matters (based on your textbook)?

Within the House and Senate, Dems organize as a conference and Republicans organize as a caucus

Which of the following are considered problems in measuring public opinion?

The groups that identify with a political party, usually described in demographic terms

Elections are conducted at which level of government?

An interest group or a division of an interest group that can raise money to contribute to campaigns or to spend on ads

Soft news is focused more on entertainment and hard news is focused on facts

Journalists see it as their job to cover "both sides" of a story, and try to make it clear how important those views are

The group of citizens who identify with a specific political party

If a particular story/issue is in the news frequently, then it's likely to come to mind when evaluating public officials

Per Gries, ideology is more impactful than partisanship b/c it reflects deeper motivational needs & fundamental beliefs

Which 2 states allocate most of their electoral votes at congressional district levels rather than at the state level?