PROMPT:

Consider that you are interested to gather public opinion about a political policy issue that is of interest to you. For this assignment, Write a double spaced full 4 page paper that responds to the questions below. Your paper must be written in 12pt Times New Roman Font, have one inch margins, and include your works cited.

1. What is the issue?

2. Why are you interested in this topic?

3. Who would you ask in a survey and how might you gather their opinions?

4. Draft a mini-survey of 5 or more questions with possible response options (yes, no, or don’t know, agree, disagree, etc.) Also, explain your choices. That is, why would yes or no be more appropriate than agree or disagree?

5. Make some predictions about how you would expect people of different groups to respond. You might, for example, consider liberals versus conservatives, men versus women, etc. Include citations here to justify your predictions.