Political science discussion post

Discussion Rules

I am looking for posts to:

• Respond to the question asked with a minimum of 250 words; however, meeting the minimum length requirement does not guarantee you full credit, knowledge and substance matter.
• Exhibit understanding of the material
• Draw insight from your experience and course material
• Provide supporting content from the readings or other sources to back up your argument. If paraphrasing and/or quoting a passage, please cite the source!! This allows the reader (fellow students and instructor) to see the context of the quote and potentially provide a counter-interpretation.

• Furthermore

• • Posts that are non-responsive, vague, unrelated to the weekly topic, or that rely mostly on personal opinion without reference to course material will receive a ZERO.
  • Write your posts as you would write an essay; using paragraphs, proper grammar and spelling. Posts that do not comply with the required format or contain typos and/or poor grammar will be graded down.
  • You must use a formal writing style (avoid slang) and ALWAYS cite your sources including your textbook and other course material. Follow the APA style of writing, always use in-text citations and provide a ”references” section at the end.

Required Sources for Discussion

• Use thisNY Times poll (Links to an external site.) for your discussion post
• TheNational Popular Vote (Links to an external site.) website has a plethora of information about efforts to change the way we elect our president. Should the candidate with the most votes nationally win?
• Why Tuesday?(Links to an external site.) Have you ever wondered why we vote on Tuesdays in the United States? There are efforts to change Election Day to the weekend or to make election day a holiday.

Discussion Topic

Review the Election 2016 exit polls (Links to an external site.) in the NY Times and analyze the demographics (race, sex, religion, etc) and some of the issues voters considered when choosing which candidate to support. Using what you learned in REVEL Text (American Government, 2014 Elections and Updates Edition) about elections and voting choice, discuss what you see in the exit poll.