Opinon+Poll

Election Reform Issue:

What Would Happen If This Law Was Passed: 1) Election Day would become a national holiday.

2) All polls will be open from 7:00 A.M 8:00 P.M

3) Eligible citizens can choose to register to vote on Election Day at their respective polling place.

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10/27/11 Polling and Public Opinion Activity 2: I'm not really sure how people voted in my poll becuase of techincal difficulties preventing me from seeing the results and preventing others from voting etc but I think my poll would've done better with different wording othe question(s) and the choice of answers. Since I gave the option of saying "I would vote regardless" I'd hope most people would say that but that won't help me see if my proposed law is popular. So changing my wording around could give me (and other polls) better results.

Activity 3:

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Poll Analysis Poll Number 1 1) Count (As of Yesterday): Yes 33% No 17% I would vote regardless 50% I wouldn't vote regardless 0% 2) Organize/Collate results: Half would vote regardless, the other is divided between yes or no. 3) Analyze by QUESTION: My question asks whether people would be more likely to vote if election were a national holiday. 4) ID the Bias: I made it seem like if election day were a national holiday it would increase turnout and that people should vote. 5) Summary: Most people would vote regardless which is good but more people would be more likely to vote than not. Thankfully, no one said they wouldn't vote regardless.

Bias: My article was showing how a new Gallup poll says there is an increase in members of the Republican Party. It also talks about what demographics of people make up republicans and how much that changed from the last poll. This article has an obvious republican bias. The only time it mentions the Democrats is to show how low they are in the polls. It is symbolic because the writer didn't even elaborate on other parties besides republicans. They didn't talk about if the Democratic Party's demographic changed and it didn't mention unenrolled or third parties at all. This is especially biased because of upcoming elections, where many speculate that Obama might have trouble getting re-elected and the Senate Democrats may have a very hard time holding their majority. So with many thinking the White House, House of Representatives and Senate will all be republican, this poll tries to show that the possibility of that is real and may convince people to become or at least vote republican.