Self-Check: Reading Assignment

Read Chapter 11, Political Socialization & Public Opinion, pages 376-403 in your text before completing the rest of this section. The section activities will require that you are able to readily access the information.

For this third reading assignment you should be able to:

1. Describe how polls are taken.
2. Analyze the role of polls in American democracy.
3. Describe the decline of trust in government.