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[Turin39789]

I know we have alot of college students here, but I'm going to waive that requirement for the sake of getting more responses. Non-college student input will be more valid than my imagination. I basically need the responses and a few quotes to pepper the paper with.


Do a survey of 7-10 female and 7-10 male college students. Ask them if they vote. If they do not, ask why. Ask them to describe that issues that are important to them and why. Ask them if gender (if the candidate is a male or a female) makes any difference to them. Ask them what differences, if any, would having more women in politics make. Ask them why they think the U.S. (unlike many other nations) has never nominated or elected a female president? Would they vote for a female president? Write an essay summarizing your results. Based on these results, give your own analysis of young people?s interest in political issues.

 

[George P Burdell]

Er... post it on your Facebook, you'll get faster responses.

 

[dawnbug]

YGPM

 

[Turin39789]

thanks for the pm dawnbug! feel free to pm or post your responses

 

[smack Down]

You might as well just make up the answers. Your not going to get a large enough sample size to establish anything.

 

[Turin39789]

Originally posted by: smack Down
You might as well just make up the answers. Your not going to get a large enough sample size to establish anything.

that much is obvious, the assignment is a 14-20 person survey, it's bogus. I still get more variety and realistic tone with actual answers than what I can make up.


C'mon people. I even mispeeled my thread title hoping to lure some spelling nazi's.

 

[SmoochyTX]

Surveys of this type usually pay.

Regardless, I'm not writing an essay based on 14-20 make-believe responses.

 

[Turin39789]

Originally posted by: SmoochyTX
Surveys of this type usually pay.

Regardless, I'm not writing an essay based on 14-20 make-believe responses.

- I write the essay, you just write a short answer and try not to be Borat, like my friend here -

"I do not vote. I don't believe either party has anyone's interests but their own. I care about myself and making sure I get my share while working as little as possible. Gender doesn't matter. More women in politics would probably mean more crying and more couch cushions. We don't really respect women in this country and I like that. I would not vote for a female president unless she was male at some point in her life."

 

[SmoochyTX]

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: SmoochyTX
Surveys of this type usually pay.

Regardless, I'm not writing an essay based on 14-20 make-believe responses.

- I write the essay, you just write a short answer and try not to be Borat, like my friend here -

"I do not vote. I don't believe either party has anyone's interests but their own. I care about myself and making sure I get my share while working as little as possible. Gender doesn't matter. More women in politics would probably mean more crying and more couch cushions. We don't really respect women in this country and I like that. I would not vote for a female president unless she was male at some point in her life."

Answering your survey is about the same as writing an essay. There are no simple answers to most of your questions.

So without answering your open-ended questions, here are my responses.

Yes I vote.
Decline to answer.
Decline to answer.
Decline to answer.
Decline to answer.
Decline to answer.

 

[bctbct]

At least put some effort in your work. Question format that could be cut and pasted...would be nice.

 

[Turin39789]

Originally posted by: SmoochyTX

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: SmoochyTX
Surveys of this type usually pay.

Regardless, I'm not writing an essay based on 14-20 make-believe responses.

- I write the essay, you just write a short answer and try not to be Borat, like my friend here -

"I do not vote. I don't believe either party has anyone's interests but their own. I care about myself and making sure I get my share while working as little as possible. Gender doesn't matter. More women in politics would probably mean more crying and more couch cushions. We don't really respect women in this country and I like that. I would not vote for a female president unless she was male at some point in her life."

Answering your survey is about the same as writing an essay. There are no simple answers to most of your questions.

So without answering your open-ended questions, here are my responses.

Yes I vote.
Decline to answer.
Decline to answer.
Decline to answer.
Decline to answer.
Decline to answer.

Sorry man, didn't mean to be such an inconvenience.

 

[Turin39789]

TTT

 

[Tommouse]

Originally posted by: Turin39789
Ask them if they vote. If they do not, ask why.

Ask them to describe that issues that are important to them and why.

Ask them if gender (if the candidate is a male or a female) makes any difference to them.

Ask them what differences, if any, would having more women in politics make.

Ask them why they think the U.S. (unlike many other nations) has never nominated or elected a female president?

Would they vote for a female president?

I'm 21 in College (graduating in May)

Yes I vote

My civil liberties are most important to me right now. Global warming needs to be addressed, our budget, blah, blah, blah...

Gender doesn't matter to me in the candidate, neither does race, if they can get the job done they will get my vote with one exception. I would not vote for a female president right now. With the instability in the middle east, and how their culture views women, if we then elevate a woman to this position I think it would make trying to deal with the mess in the middle east a LOT harder.

I think other nations have nominated female leaders because they are older(?? if you are talking about UK/France ... etc). I also read that the US is 20 years behind Europe in religion/atheism split, but we are showing the same traits that Europe had 20 years ago. So if you extrapolate that to other things then I bet you will see more and more as we get older.

I've gotta stop ... need to get to class

 

[NL mkII]

I'm from the UK so its not quite the same as you USA guys, but I'll answer anyway.

Ask them if they vote. If they do not, ask why.
I might vote depending on if I have any particular issues with any of the parties for or against. I certainly don't vote based on a particular party as I think parties who arent in government attempt to mirror what the population wants and hence will eventually be closer to that than the party in government who may become slack. Generally I think the titles (Labour and Tory etc in UK) that different parties have are irrelavant.

Ask them to describe that issues that are important to them and why.
Just to have someone in government who is willing to listen to people but not scared to stick his neck on the line too. I'm never gonna be happy with everything so the most important issue to me is having the most skilled leader.

Ask them if gender (if the candidate is a male or a female) makes any difference to them.
I would like to say no, but there is something in me that wonders if women are more naturally subservient, so although I think they might be as good, in a 50-50 decision I would vote for the man.

Ask them what differences, if any, would having more women in politics make.
I think having a more balanced demographic in politics would get a more balanced overall outlook. But then that can't always be the case can it, it is basically impossible have the homeless in goverment!

Ask them why they think the U.S. (unlike many other nations) has never nominated or elected a female president?
Because they saw what happened when Margeret Thatcher was Prime Minister in England.

Would they vote for a female president?
The US people? no idea

 

[pontifex]

so you want us to do your homework for you?

 

[nanette1985]

Oh, what the heck, here goes.

<<Ask them if they vote. If they do not, ask why. Ask them to describe that issues that are important to them and why. Ask them if gender (if the candidate is a male or a female) makes any difference to them. Ask them what differences, if any, would having more women in politics make. Ask them why they think the U.S. (unlike many other nations) has never nominated or elected a female president? Would they vote for a female president?>>

Female, not in college any more
Yes, I vote
Issues: economic sanity, war, and - frankly - entertainment value of wackos arguing
Gender difference: doesn't much matter
What difference more women in politics would make: er, more ladies' rooms in government buildings? There already are a lot of women in politics
Why no woman prez or candidate yet?: old boys' club
Would I vote for female prez: sure, if I liked them

Have fun with your homework.

 

[Turin39789]

For the second time. I have to ask the survey questions and write an essay based on the responses. I am asking you to answer the survey questions and I will write the essay based on the responses.

 

[VTHodge]

Ask them if they vote. If they do not, ask why.
I vote sometimes. When I don't it is because I haven't studied the candidates and don't feel qualified to make an informed decision.

Ask them to describe that issues that are important to them and why.
I try to focus on the things that will actually improve the country (IMHO), such as health care, equal rights (gay marriage, etc), decreased focus on foreign affairs (stop the war, etc.)

Ask them if gender (if the candidate is a male or a female) makes any difference to them.
Small difference. All things equal, I would vote for a woman over a man in the interest of diversity.

Ask them what differences, if any, would having more women in politics make.
I think women would tend to be more sympathetic to those in need. It is difficult to make generalizations though. Would the type of woman who runs for national office live up to the stereotypes that people have about women?

Ask them why they think the U.S. (unlike many other nations) has never nominated or elected a female president?
Good ol' boys mentallity? To be fair, changes happen slow, and are headed in the right direction.

Would they vote for a female president?
Of course. In this case I would give a female preference in an effort to help change the above-noted mentallity.

Hope this helps!

 

[VTHodge]

Originally posted by: pontifex
so you want us to do your homework for you?

You would prefer that he make up his own answers for this survey? Or did you just not read the OP.