Exam 3 Review part 1

How people learn about politics

• Political socialization

• Family

• Culture

• Inglehart & Welzel

The two dimensions of a cultural map of the world.

• Survival ideologies vs. self expression rights

• Traditional values vs. secular-rational values

• Survival values vs. self expression values

• Conservatist values vs. liberal values

Psychological attachment to a political party

• Political Ideology

• Party membership

• Politization

• Party ID

Political Ideology

• A constant set of ideas and beliefs used to organize and evaluate the political world

• A cohesive set of ideas and beliefs used to organize and evaluate the political world

• A cohesive set of ideas and beliefs used to organize and evaluate the political ideologies

• A constant set of ideas and beliefs used to organize and evaluate the political standing

The foundation for the study of public opinion

• Converse (1964)

• Inglehart and Welzel

The process by which people’s opinions become more distant from one another’s

• Sorting

• Closely divided

• Political Polarization

• Deeply divided

Claim that America is not polarized, but very well sorted

• Closely divided

• Political Polarization

• Deeply divided

• Fiorina, Abrams, and Pope (2011) Culture War?

the process by which more people identify with a political party that fits with their ideology

• Political Polarization

• Fiorina, Abrams, and Pope (2011)

• Sorting

• Abramowitz (2010)

Americans are split 50/50 but have moderate preferences.

• Closely divided

• Abramowitz (2010)

• Deeply divided

• Individual issue scales

Use of constraint for ideology

• Fiorina, Abrams, and Pope (2011)

• Elite polarization

• Public Opinion

• Abramowitz (2010)