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PUBLIC OPINION AND IDEOLOGY
Chapter 6 in your book
Public opinion is defined: The aggregate of individual attitudes or beliefs shared by some portion of the adult population
HOW PUBLIC OPINION IS FORMED
It is formed by Political Socialization
People acquire political attitudes which include their party affiliation through relationship with their families, friends, co-workers, Church, organizations
THE FAMILY
Parents have a tremendous impact on your political ideology.
If the family is conservative or liberal the children tend to adopt a similar point of view when they grow up.
DO YOU FEEL DIFFERENTLY FROM YOUR PARENTS ABOUT THE SUBJECT OF ABORTION?
33%
33%
33%
1 2 3
1. My parents are anti-abortion and so am I
2. My parents are anti- abortion and I am pro-choice
3. My parents are pro-choice and I am anti abortion.
EDUCATION
The public school system was created in order to promote the American character and to assimilate Americans to the same American values.
Teachers and professors impact the ideology of their students
PEER PRESSURE
If all your friends are liberal you tend to become liberal.
If all your friends are conservative, you tend to become conservative
THE MEDIA SHAPES PEOPLE’S ATTITUDES
Major media (cable channels and Newspapers tend to be liberal)
Talk radio tend to be conservative
IMPACT OF POLITICAL EVENTS
Life style effect: When you have to pay mortgage and taxes, you become more conservative. Renters are more liberal
Generational effect: young vs Old
9-11, the Great Depression, The Reagan Era.
DEMOGRAPHIC INFLUENCE
Demographics is the study and measurement of the population. (census, ethnic make up, age of population, gender, migration).
How education impact ideology. The more education people have the more liberal they tend to become.
Economic status: Family income:
Low income tend to vote Democrats
RELIGION
Protestant Christians tend to vote Republican
Catholic and Jewish tend to vote Democrat
ETHNICITY/GENDER
Blacks tend to vote Democrats
Whites vote more Republicans
Latinos are split
Asians are split
Jewish vote Democrat.
More women vote Democrat
More men vote Republican
GEOGRAPHIC IMPACT
The South and Mountain States tend to be Republican
The Coasts (North East and West) tend to vote Democrat
The Midwest tend to split between Democrats and Republicans
IDEOLOGY©
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Ideological Spectrum: is an attempt to show the two main forces of Politics, i.e., the Right verses the Left. Also, how the Extremes of each ultimately can become Tyranny. Republican, Democrat, Independent, or Libertarian can fall within this Spectrum--limited to the moderate ends of the spectrum. Socialism, Communism, Fascism, also fall within this spectrum, but beyond the moderate, toward the Extreme, and most often, including Tyranny. Think of this Ideological Spectrum as delineating The Force verses The Empire, a laStar Wars. A note about the conformity plot: Conformity spans between Anarchy--Free Will; and adherence to the norms, i.e., "For the Common Good," "Majority Rules." --Related Pages: ---------------Political Spectrum ---------------Forms of Governments ---------------Left-v-Right ---------------Media Control of the Political Process
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AMERICAN IDEOLOGY
• Social• issues
• Economic issues
progressive liberal
OrthodoxConservative
COMBINATION OF IDEOLOGIES
1) Social liberal economic progressive
2) Social liberal economic conservative
3) Social orthodox economic conservative
4) social orthodox economic progressive
WHAT IS YOUR IDEOLOGY?
25%
25%25%
25%
1 2 3 4
1. Social orthodox economic conservative
2. Social orthodox economic progressive
3. Social liberal economic conservative
4. Social liberal economic progressive
MEASURING PUBLIC OPINION
Random sampling
Representative sampling
Sampling errors
100, 500, 1000, 5000+
CHAPTER 7: INTEREST GROUPS
Pluralism, Federalist 10, Factions
Interest groups demand policy changes that benefit their own group.
Why so many? Because:
Freedom of Assembly in the Constitution
Federalism (Geographic diversity)
Immigration (ethnic and cultural diversity)
The large House of Representatives (district diversity)
TYPES OF INTEREST GROUPS
Economic and business: Real estate lobby, tax payers groups, chamber of commerce
Agricultural, Labor Unions
Environmental Interest Groups
Public Interest Groups: Consumerism
Foreign lobbies
Civil Rights Groups
LOBBYING AND REVOLVING DOOR
Rules on giftsRegistration of lobbyists
CHAPTER 8: POLITICAL PARTIES
Group of political activists who share certain values and are organized as a group to win elections.
WHY DO WE HAVE 2 DOMINANT PARTIES
Our system of representation by districts and states in which winner takes all favors two major parties and two major candidates
In Countries that have proportional representation and in which gaining a small percentage of the vote is sufficient for the purpose of representation tend to have more parties.
HISTORY OF POLITICAL PARTIES
1) Federalists vs Democratic Republicans
2) Era of Good Feelings 1816-1824 only one party
3) Jacksonian Democracy: Whigs vs Democrats
4) Civil War: Republican vs Democrats
3RD PARTIES
Anti-masonic party
Republican Party
Progressive Bull Moose
Ross Perot United We Stand America The Reform Party
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS TODAY
Social and Economic Beliefs
The Big Tent
The Decline of Party affiliation (DECLINE TO STATE OR INDEPENDENT)
Chapter 9: Elections
Low voter turnout vs mandatory voting
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
Who are the electors?
How many ( Number of representatives+2 senators
538
So How many do you need to win?
California make up 20% of victory.
Chapter 10: PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS
The nomination process
Primaries: closed vs open
Caucus
State convention
THE NATIONAL CONVENTION
The schedule of primaries
The purpose of the National convention (choosing the nominee and the vice president)
The National Elections
