Day 22
Public Opinion: Analyzing polls about polling
Public Opinion: Analyzing polls about polling
Learning Targets: Students will be able to....
- Explain how public opinion data that can impact elections and policy debates is affected by such scientific polling types and methods as:
- Type of poll (opinion polls, benchmark or tracking polls, entrance and exit polls)
- Sampling techniques, identification of respondents, mass survey or focus group, sampling error
- Type and format of questions
- Describe the relationship between scientific polling and elections and policy debates is affected by the:
- Importance of public opinion as a source of political influence in a given election or policy debate
- Reliability and veracity of public opinion data
Opener: ASAP
Strategists and operatives should not design a strategy based off today's conditions. They should be setting a strategy for where the trajectory of polling is headed.
- James Carville, campaign strategist/political commentator, following the 2016 presidential election.
Activity #1: Polling - Analysis
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Activity #2: - N-50 - Polling
LD - Polling a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a representative or random group of persons for the purpose of analysis.
SD -
Examples - Telephone, internet, mail-in, exit polling
Non-Examples - US Census, election "polls",
Related terms - Elections, Primaries, Political Parties
SD -
Examples - Telephone, internet, mail-in, exit polling
Non-Examples - US Census, election "polls",
Related terms - Elections, Primaries, Political Parties
Activity #3 - Build Your Own Poll - Part II
Open the link below and take another look at the polling questions that you created last class.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1BX0rvwY1QPtGrU9MSfgzWZzsYVcnur8e52wAtRMgQgQ/edit?usp=sharing
Choose what you believe is your best polling question and submit it via the link below to contribute to the "AP Gov 2019 Election Issue Poll".
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GoSjqnOy_viPX5sqGQ009f_EV5vMWCe_V_42fplyOL8/edit?usp=sharing
Simply press the + button on the right-hand side of the screen to add a question.
Close - Political Socialization and Polling Quiz
10 M.C. questions
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