{"id":18813,"date":"2023-05-07T00:55:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T00:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/explain-whether-or-not-you-believe-polls-are-an-effective-method-for-politicians-and-political-parties-to-learn-more-about-the-people-who-will-be-voting-for-them\/"},"modified":"2023-05-07T00:55:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T00:55:26","slug":"explain-whether-or-not-you-believe-polls-are-an-effective-method-for-politicians-and-political-parties-to-learn-more-about-the-people-who-will-be-voting-for-them","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/explain-whether-or-not-you-believe-polls-are-an-effective-method-for-politicians-and-political-parties-to-learn-more-about-the-people-who-will-be-voting-for-them\/","title":{"rendered":"explain whether or not you believe polls are an effective method for politicians and political parties to learn more about the people who will be voting for them"},"content":{"rendered":"

Activity
\n1: Measuring Public Opinion<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n\n

Directions:<\/span><\/i><\/b> This Activity is
\n divided into two parts. <\/span>(<\/span>I only need you to do part 2.)<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n


<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Part 1<\/b>: Create your own poll to measure public
\n opinion. Interview as many friends, family members, etc. as you can. You
\n could also post your poll questions on social media and ask people to
\n complete it there. Include the following questions:<\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
  • On a scale of
    \n 1-5, with 1 being the least effective and 5 being the most effective,
    \n how effective do you think the current President is?<\/span><\/li>\n
  • On a scale of
    \n 1-5, with 1 being the least effective and 5 being the most effective,
    \n how effective do you think the current Congress is?<\/span><\/li>\n
  • On a scale of
    \n 1-5, with 1 being very disinterested and 5 being very interested, how
    \n interested are you in politics?<\/span><\/li>\n
  • On a scale of
    \n 1-5, with 1 being very unlikely and 5 being very likely, how likely are
    \n you to vote in the next presidential election?<\/span><\/li>\n
  • On a scale of
    \n 1-5, with 1 being very unimportant and 5 being very important, how
    \n important do you think it is to vote?\u200b<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    <\/span><\/div>\n

    <\/span><\/div>\n

    Part
    \n 2<\/b>: When you have finished your poll, use the Text Editor and the Writing
    \n Process to write an essay in which you summarize your findings and explain
    \n whether or not you believe polls are an effective method for politicians and
    \n political parties to learn more about the people who will be voting for them.
    \n Consider the following questions before you begin: <\/span><\/p>\n

      \n
    • Did most
      \n people think the President was effective? What about Congress?<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Are the
      \n people you talked to interested in politics?<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Do you think
      \n the majority of them will vote in the next election, or is voting not
      \n important to them?<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Do you think
      \n polls are effective? Why or why not?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Review
      \n the grading rubric that accompanies this Activity before you begin so you
      \n know what will be expected for a superior essay.<\/span><\/p>\n


      <\/span><\/p>\n


      <\/span><\/p>\n


      <\/span><\/p>\n


      <\/span><\/p>\n


      <\/span><\/p>\n

      I only need you to do part 2.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

      Professor Kathy Dunn commented:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

      Essays should be in five paragraph formats with
      \nIntroduction, supporting and conclusion paragraphs. Refer to the grading rubric
      \nso you know what will be expected for a superior essay. Review punctuation as
      \nwell.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

       <\/span><\/p>\n

      This
      \nis the essay I wrote but did not pass. Follow the professor\u2019s comment
      \nhighlighted above. Feel free to use and rewrite:<\/span><\/u><\/p>\n

      <\/p>\n

      It
      \nwas generally believed that neither the president nor the congress was
      \neffective. This was due to a lack of collaboration between the two branches of
      \ngovernment and gridlock. Neither branch was willing to compromise or work
      \ntogether, which led to an inability to pass legislation or make meaningful
      \npolicy changes. A 50\/50 split was observed between those interested in politics
      \nand those who were not. From what was said, this gridlock created an
      \nenvironment of frustration and mistrust among us Americans, with many feeling
      \ntheir voices were not being heard. As a result, people felt that their opinions
      \nwere not represented in government, further escalating the political divide. In
      \nconsequence, politics participation decreased, and voter turnout decreased.
      \nThere were only half of my interviewers who planned to vote in the upcoming
      \nelections, but 100% of them emphasized the importance of voting. This indicates
      \nthat people may feel that their votes no longer matter, and their voices are
      \nnot heard. Additionally, it may be due to a lack of trust in the government or
      \nthe political system, which can lead to disillusionment and apathy.<\/span><\/p>\n

       <\/p>\n

       <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Activity 1: Measuring Public Opinion Directions: This Activity is divided into two parts. (I only need you to do part 2.) Part 1: Create your own poll to measure public opinion. Interview as many friends, family members, etc. as you can. You could also post your poll questions on social media and ask people to complete […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[706],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/18813"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/18813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=18813"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=18813"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=18813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}