Assignments

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27 Party Platforms 11:59 PM Polls Assignment 11:59 PM Voter Behavior Assignment 11:59 PM After reading the article on Polls, what conclusion can you draw about the vitality of polls and elections? 11:59 PM	28 9/28: Would you rather be a master at every musical instrument or fluent in every language in the world? 11:59 PM	29 9/29: What's the weirdest food you've ever eaten? 11:59 PM	30	1	2 10/2: What is your favorite fruit? 11:59 PM	3
4 Vocab/Review Questions 11:59 PM The Responsible Electorate argues that voters are not the fools that many politicians and their advisers often take them to be. Do you agree with this statement? Why or Why not? 11:59 PM	5 10/5: Would you rather be invisible or be able to read minds? 11:59 PM	6 10/6: What is your most used emoji? 11:59 PM	7 10/7: Teleportation or flying? 11:59 PM	8 10/8: What is your favorite smell? 11:59 PM	9 10/9: What is your favorite dessert? 11:59 PM	10
11 Electoral College 11:59 PM Comparing Modern Day Campaigns 11:59 PM	12 10/12: If you could be an animal for a day, and not get eaten, what would you be? 11:59 PM	13 10/13: Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner? 11:59 PM	14 10/14: If you could win an Olympic gold medal in any sport, what would you choose? 11:59 PM	15	16 10/16: Do you put your cereal in the bowl before the milk or the milk in before the cereal? 11:59 PM	17
18 Campaign Strategies and Voter Turnout 11:59 PM Research Interest Groups 11:59 PM Would you consider eliminating PACs? Would you prefer just to leave things as they are? Or, as a middle course, would you favor reducing the amount of money ($5,000 in the primary and another in the general election) that PACs can donate directly to candidates? 11:59 PM Outside Lobbying and PACs 11:59 PM Find a current event as it relates to interest groups or the one you have researched. Please post the link to the article along with an overview of the article as it relates to your interest group. 11:59 PM	19 10/19: If you had to teach a class on one thing, what would you teach? 11:59 PM	20 10/20: If you were stranded on a desert island, what three items would you want to have with you? 11:59 PM	21 10/21: If you were given the choice to go to your dream college or get paid to go to a different college, which would you choose? 11:59 PM	22 10/22: What’s your favorite sport to watch? 11:59 PM	23 10/23: What’s your favorite flower or plant? 11:59 PM	24
25 Find a current as it relates to the political parties. This can be from anything to support, candidates, policies, whatever you find that is relevant and interesting. Make sure to include the website of the article 11:59 PM 1. Do you think that as the current generation of young people ages they will become more likely to identify with the major political parties? 2. Because younger people are so likely to be independent, does this mean that many young voters are particularly open to persuasion during campaigns? If so, why don't the Democrats and Republicans pay special attention to getting them on their side? 11:59 PM Party Coalitions Today 11:59 PM Political Parties Core Beliefs 11:59 PM	26 10/26: This one is for my Harry Potter people. Are you Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, or Hufflepuff? 11:59 PM	27 10/27: What is your favorite candy? 11:59 PM	28 10/28: What is your favorite outdoor activity? 11:59 PM	29 10/29: What is something that you really want to do in your lifetime? 11:59 PM	30 10/30: What are three things that you do every day? 11:59 PM	31