| agents of socialization | Those agents, such as the family and the media, that have significant impact 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. (See also economic liberals; libertarians; populists; social conservatives; social liberals.)
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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. (See also economic conservatives; libertarians; populists; social conservatives; social liberals.)
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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. (See also economic conservatives; economic liberals; populists; social conservatives; social liberals.)
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| party identification | The personal sense of loyalty that an individual may feel toward a particular political party. (See also party realignment.)
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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. (See also economic conservatives; economic liberals; libertarians; social conservatives; social liberals.)
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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). A sample for a poll in which each individual in the population has a known probability of being selected randomly for inclusion in the sample.
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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. (See also public opinion poll.)
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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. (See also probability sample.)
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| social conservatives | Those who believe government power should be used to uphold traditional values. (See also economic conservatives; economic liberals; libertarians; populists; social liberals.)
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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. (See also economic conservatives; economic liberals; libertarians; populists; social conservatives.)
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