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American Political Ideologies and Beliefs
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- 1political ideologyHow you want the government to deal with social and economic issues. Should the gov't allow this or deny this.
- 2political culturean overall set of values widely shared within a society such as individualism, equality of opportunity, free enterprise, rule of law, limited government, freedom, democracy.
- 3Liberala person who generally believes the government should take an active role in the economy but that the government should not dictate social issues
- 4conservativeA person who believes government power, particularly in the economy, should be limited in order to maximize individual freedom but they should be involved in social issues.
- 5DemographyThe scientific study of population characteristics. Geographic area, occupation, gender, race, religion, etc.
- 6political socializationHow someone chooses out their political ideology. Family is number one.
- 7Gender gapThe difference in political views between men and women
- 8Exit pollsPolls conducted as voters leave selected polling places on Election Day. Not reliable because they aren't randomly chosen.
- 9saliencythe degree to which an issue is important to a particular individual or group.
- 10party realignmentWhen the coalitions that support a party change.
- 11MedicareA federal program of health insurance for people who are retired / 65 and older
- 12MedicaidA federal and state assistance program that pays for health care services for people who cannot afford them
- 13ModeratePerson whose views are between conservative and liberal and may include some of both ideologies
- 14progressive taxA tax graduated so that people with higher incomes pay larger fraction of their income than people with lower incomes.
- 15Flat taxa tax system in which all people pay the same percentage of their income
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