Announcements… • The end of the quarter is this Friday ▫ Check your grades online ▫ Turn in any missing assignments • Quiz Friday--Voting ▫ Expect a study guide on Wednesday ▫ If you are not going to be here on Friday—you will need to make up the quiz when you come back from spring break ▫ This quiz may or may not be included on the end-of-quarter grades. Assume that it will be.
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Announcements… The end of the quarter is this Friday ▫Check your grades online ▫Turn in any missing assignments Quiz Friday--Voting ▫Expect a study guide.
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Announcements…•The end of the quarter is this Friday
▫Check your grades online▫Turn in any missing assignments
•Quiz Friday--Voting▫Expect a study guide on Wednesday▫If you are not going to be here on Friday—
you will need to make up the quiz when you come back from spring break
▫This quiz may or may not be included on the end-of-quarter grades. Assume that it will be.
Poll
•Survey of public▫a questioning of the population or of a
representative sample to tally opinions or gather other information
Issue Poll
•Survey and measurement of the public on a particular issue
Favorability Polls
•Measuring the quality or degree of being viewed favorably or positively
Margin of Error
•Statistic expressing the amount of random sampling error in a survey's results▫The larger the margin of error, the less
faith one should have that the poll's reported results are close to the "true" figures
Public OpinionHow is it formed?
Public opinion
•Attitudes held by a significant number of people on matters of government and politics▫Public opinions▫Opinions of different publics
Multiple Publics
•Not many issues capture the attention of all—or even nearly all—Americans
Multiple Publics
•Public opinion includes only those views that relate to public affairs▫Politics▫Public issues▫Making of public policies
Public Opinion
•Must involve something of general concern and of interest to a significant portion of the people as a whole