POLI 2051 Midterm: Exam 2 Review
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The nature of this link can vary greatly: who is most interested in public opinion, elected officials are interested in public opinion because it may influence government decision making. Academics are interested in public opinion to seek to understand why people behave the way they do. We learn these things over time: generational effects are learned by a specific age group uniquely affected by a set of historical events, such as. Third party candidates are not included in the democratic/republican debate because this can effect polls. Class survey: students identify themselves as more republican than. Democratic: students identify their parents as more extreme in terms of party identification than themselves, political socialization in students is shown by the student"s party identification being strongly correlated with parent party identification. Women are more influenced by parents than men: women are . 74 correlated with mother"s party and . 77 correlated with their father.
