Chapter 6

1) Polls:
   Is American news media too dependent upon polls? Is it appropriate for news agencies to create polls and then report on them? Why or why not?

        In my opinion I think the media isn't to dependent on polls because they know not alot of people really fill them out. It is not appropriate for news agencies to create polls and then report on them due to the polls really isn't correct if the whole public does not fill it out. 814 adults just isn't enough to make a poll reliable.


2)  How important is political party identification to you (e.g. as a Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, etc.)? Was it more or less important to your parents & grandparents? Does it seem more or less important to your friends? Why or why not?

          Political party identification is not really that important to me, mostly because I dont get into politics or their political identification. Political party identification to my parents are important, but my grandparents it isn't. In my opinion I don't think it's important to my friends, because most of them don't get into politics.


3)  Do you feel that you opinion of politics is more influenced by economic issues or by social issues? Why?

      In my opinion I think that politics are more influences by economic issues and social issues. I have noticed that most economic issues are brought up in presidental elections or when they do their little shows where they talk on different channels.


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