1. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Bell Work Rate the following groups as Most Influential (5) to Least Influential (1) Family Peers Celebrities Church Race/Ethnicity

2. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Red? Blue? Purple? Directions: 1.Retrieve Laptops. 2.Access Typology Quiz via People Press (via Edmodo link) 3.Take quiz. 4.Read through profile. Turn in: On a piece of paper please agree/disagree with the results and why/why not. Please remember quality responses receive quality points

3. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Political culture: commonly shared attitudes, beliefs, and core values about how the government should operate

4. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Liberty (1) Personal Liberty – Initially meaning a freedom from govtl interference Today it includes demands for freedom to engage in a variety of practices w/o govtl interference or discrimination

5. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Equality (2) Political Equality: The principle that all citizens are the same in the eyes of the law

6. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Equal Opportunity v. Equal Results Equality of Opportunity A view that it is wrong to use race or sex either to discriminate against or give preferential treatment to minorities or women Equality of Results A view that government should do everything in its power to guarantee all a standard quality of life

7. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Popular Consent (3)Majority Rule (4) is the central premise in a direct democracy in which only policies that collectively garner support of a majority of voters will be made into law.

8. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Individualism

9. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Religious Faith and Religious Freedom

10. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. AMERICA’S DEMOGRAPHICS: WHO ARE WE? Three major demographic changes in U.S. Minority Majority Regional Shifts Graying of America Demographics: the statistical data of a population, especially those showing average age, income, education, etc. Gender Occupation Race Religion social class

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12. By 2030, more than half the youth in the U.S. will be of a racial and/or ethnic minority.

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15. What will the growth of the Minority Majority mean for politics in the U.S.? “Minority-Majority” emerging

16. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. America’s Demographics: Who are we? REGIONAL SHIFTS Demographics have changed with our mobility From the Rust Belt…PA, OH, MI to the Sun Belt… South and West – FLORIDA Dramatic changes in FL & TX from “Frost Belt” Cause political changes every 10 years after the census REAPPORTIONMENT of the 435 seats in the House FL now has 27 House seats, 29 electoral votes!

17. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. GRAY POWER “Organized influence exerted by seniors.” For 1 st time in U.S. history, the “senior” segment of the population has become largest segment of the population Baby boomers now represent 26% of the population and 40% of the economy They will collect approximately $5 trillion in Social Security benefits! AARP is the largest special interest group today & possesses the most political clout America’s Demographics: Who are we?

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22. Public Opinion and Political Socialization

23. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Define public opinion and discuss its major characteristics Analyze the process by which people form political opinions Evaluate the effects of public opinion on politics Objectives How do Americans form opinions, and how do these opinions influence government?

24. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Public Opinion is what the public thinks about a particular issue or set of issues at any point of time. 8/5/20157/17/2015

25. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. A person’s ideological perspective is relatively stable over time. Opinions are shaped by a wide range of beliefs and ideas including some that are not inherently political. Liberal or conservative ideology is a way of describing political beliefs in terms of a position on the spectrum running from liberal to moderate to conservative

26. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Although ideology and party identification are largely consistent over time, there are exceptions to the rule. Most Americans’ political judgments are latent opinions: they are formed on the spot, when it is needed (as distinct from a deeply held option that is stable overtime) Individual first asked about opinions on global warming Answering a survey question Deciding just before Election Day

27. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Given that many Americans cannot answer basic political questions and many of the opinions they express vary from day to day without anything changing in the political world, how can we say that public opinion exists?

28. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Political Socialization (1) is the process by which an individual’s political opinions are shaped by other people and surrounding culture Parents Community Liberal/conservative Level of trust in others Class identity Ethnic identity  not permanent, but shaping Neighbors, teachers, clergy

29. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. All kinds of events (2) like everyday interactions to traumatic disasters can revise a person’s understanding of politics and the role of government

30. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Individual’s opinions are also influenced by social categories or group identity (3)

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32. Homework Directions: 1.Choose someone from your Most Influential category to take the Typology Quiz. 2.Print the quiz (or attach it to Edmodo to print at school). 3.Reflect upon the similarities/differences with your Typology Report. For Example: I chose my family as the group that influences me the most so I had my husband complete the Typology quiz so we could compare our results.

33. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. When competing against forces as strong as political socialization and feelings of group identification, to what degree can politicians meaningfully influence individuals’ opinions? How do Americans form opinions, and how do these opinions influence government?

34. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Describe the methods for conducting and analyzing different types of public opinion polls Assess the potential shortcomings of polling Objectives Public Opinion Polls

35. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. How do we know how America is changing? POLLING! Public Opinion= an aggregate of the individual views, attitudes, and beliefs about a particular topic, expressed by a significant proportion of a community Public Opinion Polls are conducted by politicians, news organizations, candidates, and interest groups

36. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Earliest Public Opinion Research Straw Poll: Unscientific survey used to gauge public opinion on a variety of issues and policies ExampleExample (RNC 2016 candidates) Make your own GeneratorGenerator Daily Show

37. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Conducting Public Opinion Polls Designing the Content & Phrasing the Questions Careful in creating questions! Push Polls: polls taken for the purpose of providing info on an opponent that would lead respondents to vote against them Selecting the Sample Population: entire group of ppl whose attitudes a researcher wishes to measure Random Sampling: each person same chance in being selected; 1000-1500 enough Stratified Sampling: pop divided into subgroups and weighted based on demographic characteristics of nat’l pop Sampling Error: 4% typical

38. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Conducting Public Opinion Polls

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40. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. More Types of Polls Exit Polls Questioned right after voting Indicates who people voted for Census Tracks/Tracking Polls Questioning specific groups within the population Indicates the public’s tendencies across a specific period of time

41. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Supporters of polls feel that polls assist politicians in detecting public preferences Can cause them to make shifts in policy making Those who think polls are detractors point out that it has become an issue of selling policy instead of possibly doing what’s right… Avoiding compromises to appease radical shifts. Bandwagon effects: People just jump on board instead of doing their own research Exit Polls can control elections For ex., the FL debacle in 2000. Gore “won” FL…and then “lost” FL…and then too close to call Again, the questions are the key in polls … and too often misleading.

42. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Determining Poll Legitimacy Who conducted/sponsored the poll? Neutral polling organizations would produce the most accurate results Political parties or other biased organizations would not How many persons were interviewed? Minimum 1,000 people Reduces the margin of error Who was interviewed? Many people choose not to participate in polls; this can skew the results How were the questions worded? Pollsters must be careful how to ask the question When was the poll conducted? Temporary passions can also skew the results How was the poll conducted? Phone, Internet, On the street

43. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. GALLUP POLL With more than 75 years of experience and with its global reach, Gallup knows more about the attitudes and behaviors of the world's constituents, employees, and customers than any other organization. 2014

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