Opinion poll

Being an election year, there are always plenty of polls and opinions on who will win. Polls can sometimes be hurtful to people’s political efficacy, or belief that their participation actually makes a difference, because if their choice for president isn’t winning, they may decide just not to vote. Other obstacles of voting…

People are beginning to think that their vote would matter more if we selected the president by a popular voter. According to a Gallup poll in 2011, 62% of Americans say it is outdated and needs to be changed. Only 35%, say they would keep the Electoral College. Democrats in the poll are more willing to change it with 75% agreeing while 56% of Republicans agree with the change. This relates to democracy because people question the electoral college. They think…

Public Opinion Supports Gun Control As the Brady Campaign continues to bring in bold statistics of gun violence and details of their public opinion polls, the latest of these polls finds that the public opinion supports gun control. Solid majorities of the American people want to have a voice when speaking about gun control. Although not all people want sticker gun laws in the united states, most people support that a law be made requiring background checks on people buying guns at gun shows…

streets in protest, Canada took thousands of draft resistors into the country and thousands of Canadians volunteered to fight with the US military. Upon researching the public opinion during the war it is apparent that; the public opinion of Canadians during the Vietnam conflict was divided across a vast spectrum of opinion and interest and to draw a generalized linear conclusion…

acts very oblivious to the fact that the name itself is highly racist. The ones being affected by this offensive name are the Native Americans, they have continuously stated that they would like a name change yet we do not know if they will get it. A poll was also taken of all the Washington football team players. The Native Americans are not only the ones who want this name change, many…

views of the author and no conservative view, and no mention of President Reagan in the paper, so the poll must have been a liberal view. The poll should have looked at two points of view, and opened another opinion besides a liberal view. The author mentioned the liberal poll, but the poll doesn’t include all presidents. In my conclusion about the paper a more open position from a conservative opinion and a liberal view point in the ratings. In conclusion: the president’s position is held to…

Many arguments have been sparked, due to the fact that many politicians believe that lowering the voting age would increase the percentages of voting participants. As a modern day 17 year old, I disagree. Many children my age aren't really all that interested in politics. Some of us are naive when it comes to the topic of politics. We are more interested in what's going on in celebrity news, not things that concern tax wages and health benefits. Instead of lowering the voting age, I think it…

In order to conduct our experiment, our group used a site called “Poll Everywhere.” Poll Everywhere is an application for audience participation. In a classroom setting, it is an easy way to gather live responses. Teachers have the ability to display questions on a two-way screen. Once students put their answers in on the device they are using, the polls update seconds after, and the results can be displayed on the presenting screen. Secondly, our group used 10 Algebra 1 math questions that…

ideals, and each individual that study his work should use his style in their own writing. Many issues are presented in Thoreau’s essay and each were given thorough explanation as to whether they deserve our support or defiance. Thoreau explains the poll tax, highway tax, and church sums accurately to his readers, then gives us his stance on each matter. This is effective for his argument because it allows the reader to…

American population and around the world. People who believe media bias does not exist may suggest that everything you see and read is true. However, the truth of the matter is that all media shows bias and it is up to the consume to build a personal opinion, not the media source to influence it. The first printing press was developed in…