| agents of socialization | Those agents, such as the family and the media, that have a significant influence on citizens' political socialization.
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| economic conservatives | Those who believe government tries to do too many things that should be left to firms and economic markets.
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| economic liberals | Those who believe government should do more to assist people who have difficulty meeting their economic needs on their own.
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| ideology | A consistent pattern of opinion on particular issues that stems from a core belief or set of beliefs.
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| libertarians | Those who believe government tries to do too many things that should be left to firms and individuals and who oppose government as an instrument of traditional values.
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| party identification | The personal sense of loyalty that an individual may feel toward a particular political party.
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| political socialization | The learning process by which people acquire their political opinions, beliefs, and values.
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| population | In a public opinion poll, the people (for example, the citizens of a nation) whose opinions are being estimated through interviews with a sample of these people.
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| populists | Those who believe government should do more to solve the nation's problems and who look to it to uphold traditional values.
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| public opinion | The politically relevant opinions held by ordinary citizens that they express openly.
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| public opinion poll | A device for measuring public opinion whereby a relatively small number of individuals (the sample) is interviewed for the purpose of estimating the opinions of a whole community (the population).
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| sample | In a public opinion poll, the relatively small number of individuals interviewed for the purpose of estimating the opinions of an entire population.
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| sampling error | A measure of the accuracy of a public opinion poll. It is mainly a function of sample size and is usually expressed in percentage terms.
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| social conservatives | Those who believe government power should be used to uphold traditional values.
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| social liberals | Those who believe it is not government's role to buttress traditional values at the expense of unconventional or new values.
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