Essay 2

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