Unit 2 Political Beliefs & Behaviors
Essential Questions
1. How are political beliefs formed?
2. How do political beliefs evolve?
3. Know the process by which political beliefs are transmitted.
4. Know why US citizens hold certain beliefs about politics?
5. How do families, schools, and the media act to perpetuate or change political beliefs?
6. Understand the ways in which political culture affects and informs political participation.
7. Understand why individuals engage in various forms of political participation and how that participation may
affect the political system.
8. What leads citizens to differ from one another in their political beliefs and behaviors and the political
consequences of these differences? (should focus on the demographic features of the American population
and the different views that people hold of the political process)
9. What are the group differences in political beliefs and behavior?
10. How do changes in political participation affect the political system?
11. What role is played by party organizations, PACs, and money generally in campaigns?
12. What roles do the groups listed above play in the electoral process?
1. How are political beliefs formed?
2. How do political beliefs evolve?
3. Know the process by which political beliefs are transmitted.
4. Know why US citizens hold certain beliefs about politics?
5. How do families, schools, and the media act to perpetuate or change political beliefs?
6. Understand the ways in which political culture affects and informs political participation.
7. Understand why individuals engage in various forms of political participation and how that participation may
affect the political system.
8. What leads citizens to differ from one another in their political beliefs and behaviors and the political
consequences of these differences? (should focus on the demographic features of the American population
and the different views that people hold of the political process)
9. What are the group differences in political beliefs and behavior?
10. How do changes in political participation affect the political system?
11. What role is played by party organizations, PACs, and money generally in campaigns?
12. What roles do the groups listed above play in the electoral process?
Vocabulary
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Political socialization
Political ideology Public opinion Straw polls Random sampling Sample error |
Liberal
Radical Moderate Gender gap Conservative reactionary Saliency Intensity Exit polls |
Gallup poll
Public agenda Suffrage General election Primary election Recall Initiative referendum Political efficacy |
Voter turnout
Coattail effect Off-year elections Retrospective voting Pocket-book voting Split-ticket voting Socio economic status |
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· Political Party Eras
· Third Parties · Functions of Parties · Factors that lead to Party ID · Party Realignment & Dealignment · Demographics · Intensity |
· Cost of Elections
· Campaign Finance Reform · Incumbency · Electoral College · Primary, Caucuses, & Conventions · General Elections |
Political Socialization & Public Opinion info, video & interactives
Political Participation info, video, & interactives
Gallup polls
Pew polls
Political Participation info, video, & interactives
Gallup polls
Pew polls
