NEED IT DONT BY TOMORROW 10PM EASTERN TIME ZONE. NO PLAGIARISM
SUPER IMPORTANT:
Note: Written Requirement
: All assignments must be written using proper English grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Four (4) points will be deducted for each spelling, grammatical, and/or punctuation error. Work that contains more than five (5) spelling, grammatical, and/or punctuation errors; or work that does not meet the minimum number of sentences required will receive a grade of F ('0' points).
Instructions
:This exercise is divided into two sections or parts and you will have to
answer two (2)
questions:
Part One:
First, you must visit and take the quiz to find out your political ideology at one or both of the following websites:
Advocates for Self Government a libertarian website:
www.theadvocates.org/quiz
Pew Research Center for People & the Press:
www.people-press.org/typlogy/quiz
Then, write a short paragraph (four or five sentences) explaining the results of the quiz(es). Do you believe that these quizzes accurately measured your ideological leanings to the right or the left?
Part Two:
The second part of this assignment requires that you select a topic in one of the chapters covered by this module and conduct research by visiting one of the websites listed below under the heading of
Options
.
Then, write a short essay (two or three paragraphs: minimum 9 sentences):
explain why you decided to research that topic;
how does it relate to the chapter you selected;
discuss whether you consider this site a good tool for learning about American politics.
Options:
Chapter 5: Public Opinion: Chapter 6: The Media
If you choose to cover this chapter, you must visit a non-traditional mainstream media source and identify whether it leans to the left or the right; or whether the site represents academic viewpoints that are non-partisan (neither left nor right leanings).
PollingReport.com is a nonpartisan source on current trends in public opinion:
http://www.pollingreport.com
Real Clear Politics is a source for comparing polling results from several sources. It also aggregates the result from election polls:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com
Chapter 6: The Media
Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com
The National Review:
http://www.nationalreview.com
Truth Out:
http://www.truthout.org
The Monkey Cage:
http://www.themonkeycage.org
Chapter 7: Political Parties, Participation, and Elections:
To find out information on the next election, register to vote; and/or to learn whether your state allows you to vote through an absentee ballot contact the following web-site:
League of Women Voters:
http://www.vote411.org
Project Vote Smart provides information on elections, candidates; and elected officials:
http://www.votesmart.org
Chapter 8: Interest Groups:
For a list of the ten most important interest groups in America visit:
http://listosaur.com/politics/10-powerful-special-interest-groups-.
NEED IT DONT BY TOMORROW 10PM EASTERN TIME ZONE. NO PLAGIARISM S.docx
1. NEED IT DONT BY TOMORROW 10PM EASTERN TIME
ZONE. NO PLAGIARISM
SUPER IMPORTANT:
Note: Written Requirement
: All assignments must be written using proper English
grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Four (4) points will be
deducted for each spelling, grammatical, and/or punctuation
error. Work that contains more than five (5) spelling,
grammatical, and/or punctuation errors; or work that does not
meet the minimum number of sentences required will receive a
grade of F ('0' points).
Instructions
:This exercise is divided into two sections or parts and you will
have to
answer two (2)
questions:
Part One:
First, you must visit and take the quiz to find out your political
ideology at one or both of the following websites:
Advocates for Self Government a libertarian website:
www.theadvocates.org/quiz
Pew Research Center for People & the Press:
www.people-press.org/typlogy/quiz
2. Then, write a short paragraph (four or five sentences)
explaining the results of the quiz(es). Do you believe that these
quizzes accurately measured your ideological leanings to the
right or the left?
Part Two:
The second part of this assignment requires that you select a
topic in one of the chapters covered by this module and conduct
research by visiting one of the websites listed below under the
heading of
Options
.
Then, write a short essay (two or three paragraphs: minimum 9
sentences):
explain why you decided to research that topic;
how does it relate to the chapter you selected;
discuss whether you consider this site a good tool for learning
about American politics.
Options:
3. Chapter 5: Public Opinion: Chapter 6: The Media
If you choose to cover this chapter, you must visit a non-
traditional mainstream media source and identify whether it
leans to the left or the right; or whether the site represents
academic viewpoints that are non-partisan (neither left nor right
leanings).
PollingReport.com is a nonpartisan source on current trends in
public opinion:
http://www.pollingreport.com
Real Clear Politics is a source for comparing polling results
from several sources. It also aggregates the result from election
polls:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com
Chapter 6: The Media
Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com
The National Review:
http://www.nationalreview.com
Truth Out:
http://www.truthout.org
The Monkey Cage:
http://www.themonkeycage.org
Chapter 7: Political Parties, Participation, and Elections:
4. To find out information on the next election, register to vote;
and/or to learn whether your state allows you to vote through an
absentee ballot contact the following web-site:
League of Women Voters:
http://www.vote411.org
Project Vote Smart provides information on elections,
candidates; and elected officials:
http://www.votesmart.org
Chapter 8: Interest Groups:
For a list of the ten most important interest groups in America
visit:
http://listosaur.com/politics/10-powerful-special-interest-
groups-america/
The Center for Public Integrity, a nonpartisan, nonprofit
investigative organization provides excerpts on lobbying
investigations:
https://publicintegrity.org/topics/lobbying/
The Center for Responsive Politics provides the most
comprehensive list of interest groups and lobbyist:
http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/
American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), one of the
most powerful associations of legislators and private sector
interest groups:
http://www.alec.org/
5. For a full expose on the American Legislative Exchange
Council (ALEC), visit:
http://billmoyers.com/2015/07/24/dark-cloud-of-alec-converges-
at-annual-corporate-political-lovefest/
Read your answers and use spell check before submitting them.
You can only submit this assignment once. Paste both parts with
labeled headings 'Part One' and 'Part Two' in this
assignment dropbox below or attach as a Word document.
Essays must be submitted through the proper dropbox. Scroll
down the page and you will see the instructions and
the dropbox.
Paste your work in the dropbox below or attach it as a Word
document. Work that is not submitted through the
assigned dropbox or that is submitted using other software will
receive a grade of zero.
Note: Written Requirement
: All assignments must be written using proper English
grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Four (4) points will be
deducted for each spelling, grammatical, and/or punctuation
error. Work that contains more than five (5) spelling,
grammatical, and/or punctuation errors; or work that does not
meet the minimum number of sentences required will receive a
grade of F ('0' points).Essays are automatically submitted
to SafeAssign. Work that SafeAssign identifies as having
more than a 10% rate of similarity
after quoted material and small matches (10 words or less) are
