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Public opinion - What the public thinks about a particular issue or set of issues at any point in time.
Public opinion polls - Interviews or surveys with samples of citizens that are used to estimate the feelings and beliefs of the entire population.
Straw poll - Unscientific survey used to gauge public opinion on a variety of issues and policies.
Sample - A subset of the whole population selected to be questioned for the purposes of prediction or gauging opinion.
Exit polls - Polls can be conducted as voters leave elected polling places on election day
Tracking polls - Continuous surveys that enable a campaign or news organization to chart a candidates daily rise or fall in support
Push polls - Polls taken for the purpose of providing information on an opponent …show more content…

Random sampling - A method of poll selection that gives each person in a group the same chance of being selected
Stratified sampling - Census data are used to divide the country into four sampling regions. Sets of countries and standard metropolitan statistical areas are then randomly selected in proportion to the national population.

Political socialization - Process by which people form their ideas about politics and acquire political values.
Social status - A person's standing or importance in relation to other people within a society.
Ticket-splitting - Voting for candidates of different parties for various offices in the same election
Unconventional political participation - Attempts to influence political process through unusual or extreme measures (protests, boycotts etc)

Voter Eligible Population (VEP) - those who are age eligible, with the exception of prisoners, felons, and aliens.
Voting-Age Population (VAP) - everyone who is eligible by age to

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