Chapter 7 & 8

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Across
  1. 4. affects political attitudes greatly
  2. 8. a scale based on place in society, in America based on occupation
  3. 11. the difference between the results of two surveys or samples
  4. 12. voting-age population
  5. 13. selecting people where they have a chance to be equally selected
  6. 16. difference in political views between men and women
  7. 17. Soviet Union’s name for the political elite
  8. 18. said “of the people, by the people, for the people”
  9. 20. left of the political scale
  10. 22. the population has become____
  11. 24. eligible to vote after reaching the age requirement
  12. 25. voting eligible population
  13. 26. polls based on interviews conducted on Election Day with randomly selected voters
  14. 27. people that have more of one resource then others
  15. 31. who did not intend that the government does “what the people want”
  16. 33. in 1993 Congress passed a law making it easier to register to…
  17. 34. the percentage of people who engage in one or more political activities beyond voting is _______ in the US than in other countries
  18. 35. right on the political scale
  19. 36. Public demonstrations such as sit-ins and ________ have become more common in recent decades
  20. 37. a survey of public opinion
  21. 39. nonwhites and ______ are the fastest growing segment of the US population
Down
  1. 1. men and women vote at the same rates, but black and whites_____
  2. 2. what people think of things
  3. 3. did a study to show that elite views shape mass views through influence
  4. 5. who women were more likely to vote for
  5. 6. practice of keeping blacks from voting in the southern state’s primaries
  6. 7. a government-printed ballot of uniform size and shape that was cast in secret
  7. 9. allows people who don’t meet registration requirements to vote if their ancestors voted.
  8. 10. consistent set of beliefs on politics
  9. 14. people who tend to participate in all forms of politics
  10. 15. The united states votes________ than citizens in other countries
  11. 19. _____are more likely than voters to be poor, black or Hispanic, or uneducated
  12. 21. background influences someone’s political views
  13. 23. minority citizens have a lower________ compared to white Americans
  14. 28. the votes cast in the US may not truly_____ the country because only slightly over half the population votes
  15. 29. both political parties try to get a larger turnout among voters likely to be _____ to them
  16. 30. a requirement that makes citizens prove they can read before voting
  17. 32. using questions to help sort people into groups
  18. 36. a requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote
  19. 38. a standard of right or proper conduct