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1) What are the two competing perspectives on the importance of public opinion?
2) What are some arguments for the “public is rational” perspective?
3) Explain the concept of groupthink.
4) What conditions must be met for public opinion to guide government?
5) What issues affect an item getting on the agenda? How does the poll relate?
6) What conditions must be met for a poll to be considered reliable and valid?
7) What is the process of weighting?
8) Discuss the difference between a push poll and a scientific survey.
9) Why is it important for survey research to be random?
10) Discuss factors affecting how one thinks politically.
1) Does de facto discrimination still exist today—and, if so, how much?
2) Discuss how the civil rights movement compares to current civil rights efforts for other groups (Hispanics). What are the common and unique challenges for this new group seeking equality?
3) America has made astonishing progress since the days of the civil rights movement; however, major inequalities remain. What are some of these inequalities?
4) Discuss how Hispanic people come from many different places, each with its own interests and concerns. For example, Cuban Americans are not as concerned with immigration issues as Mexican Americans.
5) Analyze why, unlike Latinos or African Americans, Asian Americans do not form a majority in any electoral districts except Hawaii—although some districts in California may soon come close.
6) Discuss the policy of “Indian removal.”
7) Discuss the social problems American Indians. Indian poverty rates are approximately three times as high as the national rates and stand at 32.2 percent—well above any other American group. Analyze what the U.S. government can do to relieve this dilemma.
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