POLI 172 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: George Gallup, List Of Ongoing Armed Conflicts, The Literary Digest
16 Feb 2016
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Public opinion is not very intense on most issues. People learn and develop opinions about government and politics through the process of political socialization: agents of political socialization. Parents, peers, schools, the media, political leaders, and communities: political learning begins at an early age, continues throughout life, research on children and political understanding. Genetic: political party id, parents and opinions, personality of child, parent influence is strong but not immutable. Peers: peers may reinforce the opinions of family or school, conflict between peer and family; peer may win out, but only in some, parental influence may be diminishing while peer influence increases. issues. Opinions develop and change throughout life as one experiences new and different things. Economic, political, and social events have the potential to change the way. Ongoing wars in iraq & afghanistan and the 2007-2009 recession. May create public sentiment rather than measuring it.
