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Question 1: What does it mean to conduct a poll? How are
polls normally carried out? How are they used to determine
Public Opinion? Write 4 sentences.
-According to Voxco, conducting a poll mean running a survey
through a sample of the population.
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Question 2: In the video that I showed in class regarding
polling, what are some problems that pollsters run into when
attempting to record public opinion. Make sure to specifically
reference information in the video in your question
Question 3: What is political socialization? What are 2 sources
of political socialization? How do they result in political
socialization? In your life, how have you experienced political
socialization?
Question 4: What does it mean for an issue to be salient with
the general public? Provide an example of a salient issue,
explain why do you believe this issue is salient?
Question 5: What does it mean to ask a leading question in a
poll? Why do pollsters tend to avoid leading questions? What
is a push poll, how are they used.
Question 6: What are arguments that people have to increase
power to the federal government, and what are the arguments
for having more power in the state governments? Which
position do you agree with and why?
Question 7: In the video regarding marijuana laws, what is the
dynamic regarding federalism and the legalization of
marijuana. Make sure to reference the video specifically.
Question 8: What is the connection between federalism and
the issue of immigration? Which level of government is
constitutionally required to enforce immigration laws? How
does Greg Abbott's operation Lone Star challenge this
understanding?
Question 9: What's the difference between marble cake and
layer cake federalism. How are these types of federalism tied
to cooperative and dual federalism? Why do we use the
analogy of the different types of cakes to understand
federalism?
Question 10: Go to the state attorney general's website, find
an example of a story on there in which the State of Texas
challenged the federal government. What was the conflict
surrounding the state's position vs the federal government's
position?
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