POLI 2051 : Agf13 Ex2review
Document Summary
Public opinion the collected attitudes of citizens on a given issue or question. Why is it important? what the government does. The nature of that link can vary greatly. Because in a democracy, there must be some link between what the public thinks, and. It comes from political socialization: a complex process through which individuals become aware of politics, learn political facts and for political values. We learn these things; they occur throughout our lives family, community, education, peers, etc. Generational effects specific age group uniquely affected by set of historical events. Life cycle effects political views are influenced by maturation. Period effects historical events that affect everyone. Our behavior may also be based on our biology. Past: we used to have to guess modern: now we do polls. The statistical theory of sampling a sample of individuals selected by chance from any population is representative of that population.
