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has received various awards including the Joan Barone Award for Excellence and the Candace Award. Her lecture was meant to discuss the ramifications of last year’s political election on public culture, and how to seek out civil communication. One Gallup poll she referenced was the increase from 53% to 70% in Americans favorability towards Muslims in just the last year. This can be attributed to many things, but mainly it is due to Donald Trump’s radical views. He has pushed people away from…

A perfect example would be Jewish refugees during World War 2. The public opinion of letting them in was only about 5% and a whopping 67% wanted to “keep them out” according to a Gallup Poll conducted in 1938 (Tharoor). Another Gallup poll in 1939 asked if 10,000 German-Jewish children should be allowed in and the results were equally staggering as 60% of those polled said “No” (Tharoor). It is important to note that the mass communication we have today such…

The Effects of Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter is a movement that was created in 2012 after the death of unarmed, African-American teen Trayvon Martin, who was killed at the hands of a Caucasian man. The movement aims to stop violence and the killing of African-Americans (About-Black Lives Matter). Black Lives Matter has become more well-known in recent years and the movement has led many protests, marches, and rallies. Also, the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag has become very popular on…

When we wanted to run a fundraiser, all we had to do was simply pick a county to hold in in and that was it. There was also a bonus amount of money awarded to either one or both of the candidates at the time of the Gallup poll. This is a massive oversimplification of how financing a campaign works, but considering the intricacies of it makes sense in a simulation. In a real world campaign financing is everything, as money buy the ads, advisors, managers, staff, supplies…

One of America’s favorite past times just got a little better in the last few years. Ever since the exclusion of the BCS, or the Bowl Championship Series, college football established a playoff championship series to decide a national champion. This new and interesting championship method started in 2014, with top four teams in the nation, Alabama, Oregon, Florida State, and Ohio State, squaring off in the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl to determine who would challenge each other in the National…

This articles lets people know that cybercrime is real and it could happen to anyone. According to a data breach tracker “Many Americans are in the first camp. According to a Gallup poll, 27% of Americans say their credit card information has been stolen in the past year, and 11% say their computer or smartphone has been hacked. And the rest are scared: Almost 70% of Americans worry that hackers will steal their credit card numbers…

A different Gallup poll in 2012 analyzed public opinion of the top issues from 2000 to 2012. Porter’s analysis is sound; Americans care more about the economy, jobs, and less concerned about the wars and security in general. However, perhaps due to the events of 9/11, the same poll also suggests in 2004 that the wars were most important followed by the economy. While public opinion supports a more…

are 23 states that have legalized medical marijuana use, three states are still pending. Several states have also altered their laws to reduce the penalties from marijuana relates crimes. According to a Gallup poll, in 1969 only 12% of the population favored the legalization. In 2013 the same poll was taken, now 58% of the population is in favor of marijuana legalization. ONDCP states that in 2011 over 18 million people in the US, or 7% of the US population, had used the drug within the past…

Since 1976, the U.S. has executed approximately 1,439 people, according to the Death Penalty Information Center (2016). However, this is not a new issue in U.S. politics, as the death penalty has been a controversial form of punishment in America since colonial times. According to a PBS article by Michael H. Reggio, the use of capital punishment in the U.S. was a tradition brought over by the English settlers, with the first execution on American soil occurring in 1608 when the Virginia colony…

they will side with the most. In this year’s election gender has become a huge part of voting, considering we had our first woman candidate for president. Before the announcement of the POTUS, A Gallup tracking poll showed that Trump has a 70% disapproval rating amongst women (Milligan). The result of this poll is due to the fact that Trump has made some very controversial statements against women. Trump has called women “fat pigs”, slobs, and disgusting (Milligan). This example is just one of…