AP Gov—10/7/2015 Please turn your KBAT’s in up front. I’ll keep them overnight and get them back to you Debrief Federalism test SCOTUS’s new term Begin Political Beliefs & Behaviors Unit Homework: Edwards pgs , (Friday) Political ideology quiz—please have a parent take it also. Come to class with your data points

POLITICAL BELIEFS & BEHAVIORS Political Ideology & the Media

Units of Study I. Constitutional Underpinnings of U.S. Government (5-15%) II. Political Beliefs and Behaviors (10-20%) III. Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Mass Media (10-20%) IV. Institutions of National Government: The Congress, the Presidency, the Bureaucracy, and the Federal Courts (35- 45%) V. Public Policy (5-15%) VI. Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (5-15%)

Reading Schedule Edwards: Pgs Chapter 6 Pgs Pgs Pgs Plus expect more supplemental readings

Warm Up What is American political culture? Are there universally shared values? If so, what are they?

Political Culture A. Definition: widely shared beliefs, values, and norms that citizen share about their gov’t B. Characteristics: Liberty Individualism Equality Democracy Civic duty Distrust of gov’t Political efficacy Political tolerance Pragmatism Justice

Ideology & public policy Background Ideology: integrated set of beliefs and values that shape a person’s views Smaller percentage of ideologues in a two party system

Ideology & public policy A. Liberalism Classical liberalism of the 18 th century Modern liberalism of the 20 th century (New Deal liberalism) Backlash against liberalism “Neoliberals” B. Conservatism Essentially classical liberalism Resurgence since late 1970s “Neoconservatives” and the New Right “Compassionate conservatism” C. Socialism D. Libertarianism

Consistency? Not many people are purely ideological, and neither are candidates Very few see themselves as extremists They national ideological map has been relatively consistent Ideology simplifies our choices of candidates

Tomorrow How do we socialize? For tonight…take the political ideology test and come with your score tomorrow. They will be submitted anonymously Also, have a parent or both take it!

AP Gov—10/8/2015 Grab your KBAT notebook from the back Political ideology quiz scores Political socialization What role should schools play in instilling American culture/values? Homework: Edwards pgs , (Friday) Read “American Exceptionalism” article on blog for tomorrow

Warm up What were the 4 ideologies we discussed yesterday? What is the basic tenant/ big idea of each? Are there any ties that connect all 4 ideologies?

Political Socialization Political Beliefs & Behaviors Unit

Quiz Results Write down your score and your parent(s) Anonymous

Political socialization Definition: process in which people acquire their political beliefs Agents Family Schools Religion Race Income Opinion leaders Mass media Gender

Family Are you the same party affiliation of your parents? Has one parent had a stronger influence than the other?

Family STRONGEST Correlation between parents and child Fairly equal influence of mother and father

Schools Impart basic values (civic duty, patriotism) High school gov’t classes? College students?

Religion Protestant: Generally more conservative Evangelicals Catholic: Traditionally more liberal, but leaning more conservative Clinton/Bush/Obama Jewish: Liberal influence, strong support of Democratic Party

Race Whites: more conservative, greater support for R’s Blacks: more liberal, strongest supporters of D’s 90% democratic in recent elections Hispanics: Mexican-Americans & Puerto Ricans more liberal Cubans more conservative George W. won 44% of Hispanic vote Asians: won by Dems. In ‘00/’04/’08

Income Higher: conservative, R Lower: liberal, D

Gender “Year of the Women” Appeal to “soccer moms” Gender-sensitive issues Gender gap in recent elections “NASCAR Dads”

Cross Pressure Conflicting elements of one’s own political socialization

AP Gov—10/9/2015 Quick current events Continue discussion on schools and socialization American exceptionalism How does it fit into socialization? Homework: Edwards pgs The new democratic & republican “herds”. Read article/watch video and write a summary paragraph for each. (details on blog, due Tuesday) Current events (Tues) Unit 2 KBATs are on website

Warm up Explain 3 agents of socialization and the ideological trends for the group. Explain cross pressure.

Schools and socialization What role should schools play when it comes to the socialization of American culture/values? ½ read article about USC professors, other ½ will read about why conservatives are angry about the APUSH re-design Then we will watch some recent news stories about socialization gone bad. When does it turn into indoctrination?

What is American Exceptionalsim? Refers to the theory that the US is qualitatively different from other states Although the term doesn’t imply superiority, many neoconservatives have promoted its use in that sense Scholars on the left have rejected American exceptionalism arguing that the US hasn’t broken from European history and still has class inequality, imperialism, and war

American Exceptionalism 1) How does political ideology affect ones stance on exceptionalism? 2) How does American exceptionalism fit with our discussion of schools as an agent of socialization? 3) What is your opinion on American exceptionalism? Should it be challenged or celebrated?

AP Gov—10/13/2015 Grab a polling analysis worksheet from the back. Please have out your Democrat/Republican herds Current Events Public opinion & polling Homework: Edwards pg Read “Making the Call” and “A Question of What to Ask” + answer questions (Thursday) Watch the debate! 5:30 on CNN

Public Opinion Political Beliefs & Behaviors

Types of publics Elites Those with disproportionate amount of political resources Attentive Those with an active interest in gov’t Mass Those with little interest in gov’t

Types of opinions Stable: change very little Fluid: change frequently Latent: dormant, but may be aroused Intense Nonintense Salient: has some personal importance Consensus: shared by 75% or more Polarized: shared by less than 75%

Measurement of public opinion By elections By straw By scientific polls

Public opinion polls Aim to understand the distribution of the population’s belief about politics and policy issues

Construction of polls Define the “universe”: population to be measured Selection of sampling Writing the questions—avoiding bias Affordable Care Act versus Obamacare Select means of polling

Uses of polls Inform the public Inform candidates Inform office holders Election night predictions via exit polls But, beware of exit polls!

Video Clip What was wrong with Mr. Perot's poll? What would he have needed to do to create a better poll? What kinds of things should we, as consumers of polls, know about polling in order to evaluate their accuracy?

AP Gov—10/15/2015 FRQ’s Debate debrief Public opinion poll analysis Have out worksheet from Tues. Homework: Edwards pg Start “Media Project” Be working on your KBAT’s—Ch. 6-7 test will be at the end of next week!

Debate questions 1. How did the topics at the Dem. debate compare to those asked at the Republican debate? 2. In what ways was “political ideology” at the forefront of the debate? Were candidates embracing or shying away from ideology? 3. What was your opinion on the moderator? Fair? Biased? 4. Did you watch any media coverage after the debate? What were the sound bites/gaffes/successes they were discussing 5. Who “won” the debate?

Public Opinion Polling Trends & Cleavages

The Gender Gap: Differences in Political Views of Men and Women

Generational Gaps on the Issues Survey by Washington Post/Henry J. Kaiser Foundation/Harvard University, August 2-September 1, 2002, as reported in Elizabeth Hamel et al., "Younger Voters," Public Perspective, May/June 2003, p. 11.

Religion and public opinion

President Bush's Approval Ratings

Poll Analysis