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AP U.S. Government 1.3 Political Beliefs and Behaviors. What sort of poll would you commission to monitor popularity over three months?
AP U.S. Government 1.1 Political Beliefs and Behaviors. Scientific polls contain a margin of error of plus or minus what?
AP U.S. Government 2.1 Political Beliefs and Behaviors. All of the following groups are part of the liberal coalition except which?
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AP U.S. Government 2.2 Political Beliefs and Behaviors. A poll that attempts to determine if an issue is relevant to voters measures what?
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Thank you We sneak and here's your shmoop du jour
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brought to you by stability home valuation for horses a
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poll that attempt to determine if an issue is relevant
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to voters measures what What does it measure distribution Sailing
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alright well pole's not people from warsaw get that out
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of here pulls khun b particularly useful for politicians trying
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to desperately you're honestly figure out which issues are most
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important of voters so let's get into it Who pulls
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that attempted to terminate and issue is relevant to voters
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Measure a distribution well Distribution tells us what percentage of
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people support or oppose a position which is useful for
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politicians trying to figure out which way to vote on
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a bill but that's not necessarily relevant to the question
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at hand Could a poll that determines in issues relevancy
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be measuring See intensity like fully caffeinated let's say if
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school was voting on whether or not to ban cell
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phones don't panic This is just hypothetical A pole measuring
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intensity around the band would reveal surprise how intensely people
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felt about the issue not how relevant that issue might
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be to voters as a whole will do polls attempting
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to capture relevancy measure stability well actually pulls measuring stability
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tells us to what extent views on a particular issue
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are changing Oh yes opinions on her mom's tuna casserole
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might have been consistently negative for the last decade but
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that doesn't necessarily mean the issue would make the general
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public feels fishy as well What about the latent see
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Well pulls dealing with leighton see try to suss out
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what concerns leaking below the surface could potentially affect voters
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opinions in the future For example if we were thinking
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about passing a bill limiting the amount of sugar we
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could put in serial we might want to pull the
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public on just how fruity they like their loops So
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sorry you're out What this means is that pulls attempting
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to determine if an issue is relevant to voters measure
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b salience salience is just a fancy word Meaning is
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this important or relevant to me Because the point salient
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and that little nugget helps pollsters figure out which issues
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voters want to see addressed The option b is the
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correct answer Once politicians figure out which topics are important
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to voters they can change their beliefs entirely in order
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To get elected Or they can just stick to their 00:02:22.82 --> [endTime] principles That works teo
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