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Public Opinion, Participation, and Voting
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What is significant about public opinion and polling?
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Polling Sampling Margin of Error Questions Results
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Intensity How strongly people feel about an issue.
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Intensity
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SALIENCY The extent to which people believe issues are relevant to them
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Saliency
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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.
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LATENCY
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Soclialization
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Public Opinion Shapes Policy
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Political/Social Awareness
Attentive Public Nonevoters Political know-nothings Part-time citizens (roughly 40 percent)
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2000 election
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Voting Changes Origninally left to individual states/property ownership All white male Women /Miinorities 18 yrs old.
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Voting Rights Act: 1965 Banned literacy tests
Eased registration requirements Allowed federal registrars where discrimination ignored standards
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Voter Registration Voter registration required to vote (except North Dakota) Federal law--Cannot stop registration until 30 days before
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Discriminatory?
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Motor Voter
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General Elections Elect office holders, vote on issues.
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Primary Elections
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Special Elections
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Presidential Elections
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Mid Term Elections
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Off Year Elections
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Political Apathy
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Voter Preferences
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Candidate Appeal
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Issues
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