Public Opinion, Participation, and Voting

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Public Opinion, Participation, and Voting

What is significant about public opinion and polling?

Polling Sampling Margin of Error Questions Results

Intensity How strongly people feel about an issue.

Intensity

SALIENCY The extent to which people believe issues are relevant to them

Saliency

Latency Political opinions that exist but have no been fully expressed, yet are still important and may be aroused by leaders and converted into political action.

LATENCY

Soclialization

Public Opinion Shapes Policy

Political/Social Awareness Attentive Public Nonevoters Political know-nothings Part-time citizens (roughly 40 percent)

2000 election

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

Discriminatory?

Motor Voter

General Elections Elect office holders, vote on issues.

Primary Elections

Special Elections

Presidential Elections

Mid Term Elections

Off Year Elections

Political Apathy

Voter Preferences

Candidate Appeal

Issues