Political Polarization and Bias D

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Name__Ariba Mirza________________________ Political Polarization, Bias, and Polls Read the following articles and answer the questions below. Article 1: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/charts-americas-political-divide-1994-2017/ 1. Describe the trend the intro graphic is demonstrating. The political division between the parties has grown consistently over the 23 years. It is now an extreme level of either liberal or conservative on the scale. 2. Based on the trend you described, explain 1 potential impact this may have on the United States Government. The United States when it comes to global issues and how they would achieve world affairs. More than half of democrats believe the U.S. should be involved and 54% of Republicans believe they should be worried about the inside of our country. Article 2: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/11-cognitive-biases-influence-politics/ 1. Define: confirmation bias, coverage bias, and concision bias. Confirmation bias is favoring or seeking information that affirms your pre-existing beliefs, coverage bias is the extent to which different issues are reported on and discussed, and concision bias is selectively focusing on information, losing nuance. 2. Based on your definitions and reading the article, explain 1 impact this has on the operation of American government. These biases can lead people to hold strong false beliefs if they only know the evidence that confirms their assumptions. These powerful influences can shift public opinions and support certain political parties. Both Articles: 1. Explain how these two articles relate to each other and to the study of American Government. These two articles both show how every person chooses a political party based on their beliefs and how the numbers have changed over the years and how strong they have gotten witch supporting their political parties.

Polls of your choice. From any site . 1. Find an ENTRANCE or EXIT poll, take a screen shot and paste it here, and design a TREND question to go with that poll. Poll Picture Trend Question How many conservatives/liberals want to keep Obama’s policies? 2. Find a PUBLIC OPINION poll, take a screen shot of the poll and paste it here and design a TREND question. Poll Picture Trend Question Why would people not vote for a woman if she was qualified for the job? 3. Find a TRACKING/BENCHMARK poll, take a screen shot of the poll and paste it here and design a TREND question. Poll Picture Trend Question Does Clinton’s five-point lead make more supporters want to vote for her and end up winning the election?

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