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Chapter 6: Public Opinion and Political Action

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This activity contains 15 questions.

	A poor Hispanic or African American is more likely to participate in politics than a poor white.    True  False

	In public opinion polling, a sample of about one thousand to fifteen hundred people can accurately represent the universe of potential voters.    True  False

	Minority populations are growing at a much slower rate than is the white population.    True  False

	Most Americans consider themselves either liberal or conservative and stick to these ideologies when making political decisions.    True  False

	Most Americans want the government to cut spending on programs like education, health care, aid to cities, protecting the environment, etc.    True  False

	Most political learning takes place during childhood in the schools.    True  False

	Most public opinion polling is done through door-to-door canvassing of voters.    True  False

	One thing that pollsters have discovered is that citizens have become more and more informed about politics and policy issues.    True  False

	Political activity is an important part of most Americans' daily life.    True  False

	Public opinion specialists have been unable to document any shift toward conservative attitudes during the 1980s.    True  False

	Since 1940 much of America's population growth has been centered in the West and South.    True  False

	Television has displaced parents as the chief source of information as children get older.    True  False

	The fastest growing age group in America is composed of citizens over sixty-five years.    True  False

	The most pervasive criticism of polling is that by altering the wording of a question, pollsters can get pretty much the results they want.    True  False

	The U.S. Constitution requires that the government conduct an actual enumeration of the population every ten years.    True  False

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