GOV 310L Lecture 7: Govt. Class 9/22/27/29/16 Notes
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Types: regular, benchmark, panel, push, and internet groups. Mailed people with cars forms with opinions, to predict election outcome. Worked until 1932 due to great depression. Question wording and order - how question is presented. Tone of wording - how it sounds. Familiarity with issue - does sample know subject - unmeaningful answers. Expansion + contraction + expansion over time. Set by states unless federal law regulates. At first, property, race, gender, religion and taxation. Followed by poll tax, literacy test, white primary. Wyoming in 1869 and 19th amendment in 1920. Compare to other countries, we are quite early. 26th - age from 21 to 18 for voting. Vary by state - such as felony record. In past, people were bribed to vote. Someone offers ride, you will go even in bad weather. Americans vote less than europeans, but are more proud of their country. Other countries, vote on weekend/ holidays; voting is mandatory.
