Chapter 7—Public Opinion Citizenship Test

OBJECTIVES AND AGENDA 11/5  OBJECTIVES  Create a working list of the Political Socialization of different cleavages in American life  AGENDA  Warm-up-- Jimmy Kimmell After watching the video, In complete paragraphs, answer the following questionsJimmy Kimmell  1.Should our government should be more representative of the wishes of the people or less.  2. What are the checks built into our Constitution to protect against the ignorance of some of our population?  Finish discussing the notes on Civil Rights.  Three questions:  Political Typology Political Typology  Notes on Cleavages  Begin Homework: Answer 3 questions for the given Cleavages  On Tuesday, after your quiz, you will be given 5 people. You will have to tell me how they will most likely vote on particular issues and which party they will most likely be a member of.

On the given card, answer the three questions using your notes.  1. From the chapter, what are three main influences which influence ones political socialization. (three words)  2. Give the definition of the “Gender Gap”.  3. True or false: Genes play a significant role in our political beliefs but not on our party affiliation.

Polling  Poll---Survey of public opinion  Random sample---Stratified or multistage  A. Create geographical units (Counties)  B. Groups them by size of population (stratifies)  C. Select random units—down to blocks or streets  D. Always have a sampling error  Exit Polls—must choose random voting districts

 Political Socialization: Influences and Cleavages-- Political cleavages are national, ethnic, linguistic, and religious divisions that affect political allegiances and policies.  Cleavages can be cumulative or cross-cut.  Cumulative cleavages (Reinforcing) --pit the same groups of people against one another on many issues, such as religion and class. (Creates more problems and division)  Cross-cut cleavages --feature groups sharing common interests on some issues, but opposing one another on others. QUESTION: Is Race and Social Class Cumulative or Cross-Cutting? IT DEPENDS!!!!!!! Web Site to help: ExamplesExamples 

For Each: 1. Which party would they most likely be a member of? 2. How do they vote on particular issues? 3. Are there disagreements? Cross Cutting Cleavage? Reinforcing(Cumulative) Cleavage?  1. Genes  2. Age  3. Religion  4. Gender  5. Social Class  6. Occupation  7. Race  8. Ethnicity  9. Region