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SSection 1: Causal Reasoning Passages: 1) In the first passage the writer 's uses a general causal claim –that is indirectly quoted “recent study showed that students who cram immediately before examinations usually get lower grades than those who do not.” The writer correlates the causal claim with the sentence “Well, I certainly won’t make that mistake this term!” commits an error in causal reasoning by inferring that if he/she would open a book during exam period that this would result in a…

One of the common themes heard in the 2016 presidential election was the idea that the political system is corrupt; it is what allowed Donald Trump, a reality TV celebrity with no political experience whatsoever, to rise above sixteen other candidates, and it is what helped septuagenarian Bernie Sanders win over the hearts of the American youth. Now this idea that the American political system is tainted, unfortunately, has some ground to stand on: the lack of transparency between politicians…

Elected officials in democracies often struggle in their role as a representative of the “people.” Should they act more like a delegate or a trustee? In Edmund Burke’s speech to his constituents of Bristol, he argued that the representative is a member of parliament. Hence, he serves for the interest of the nation, of the general good, rather than the particular interests of his particular constituents. That being said, he stated that representatives should listen and consider the…

This semester we have learned a lot on how statistics is involved in our everyday life. We also have learned why statistic is useful in comparing things. In our book Naked Statistics by Charles Wheelan we read some chapters in where we use stats in three different ways to get close to the answer without using all the data. We see how indepednt variables and dependent variables relate to each other and how we can get close to seeing how close they relate without using the full data. Correlation…

As the presidential elections heat up, candidates will spend millions on public opinion polls. Candidates will fund surveys on issues and see where voters stand. In this two-party system will these polls actually reveal anything for republicans or democrats? In a country with over 318 million, people there are varying ideologies and attitudes. Some like Adam Abramowitz author of The Polarized Electorate suggests that these ideologies and attitudes reveal a deeply divided polarized electorate…

of winning the election and should not be allowed to participate in the presidential debates. The only third party candidate to join a debate was independent candidate, Ross Perot, in 1992. Though Perot achieved a nineteen percent popularity in the polls and was allowed to participate in the debates, he did not win the election. Four years later, the commission denied him access to the debate because his campaign did not have a realistic chance of winning. When he attempted to join the…

Rights Act of 1964? If political decisions are calculated and in one’s own self-interest, then the Public Opinion Polls, the Sincerity Question, and the 1957 Stumbling Block show that President Johnson was motivated to sign by his politics. One example that reveals President Johnson’s political motivation can be found in Document B: “The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion”.There were polls of questions like “Do you think the Johnson Administration is pushing…

family. I picked this propaganda technique because it will make an appeal to many people’s fear that they will die. Many people will then vote for my candidate because they do not want to die. Therefore, it will help my candidate take the lead in the polls. In conclusion, appeal to fear is a good propaganda technique to help Harry Potter achieve the lead in the…

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…

for show and have no impact on the votes, where as some believe that there are instances where the debates have changed the outcome of the election. In my view, presidential debates have the potential to make an impact on the race. Especially if the polls differ by just a small percentage, which is the case in this presidential election. Political scientists suggest that the impact of the general election debates has also been overhyped…