everyone,
First, determine your Party Identification (Party ID) based on your political typology. https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/quiz/political-party-quiz/
(then conduct a political audit (that is, a political review) on the two major political parties during the 2024 presidential Election circle). Click to review one story in this platform: what story did you review and what did it say on the 2024 Presidential election circle? Clip on the 2024Links to an external site. presidential election circle?
Second,
1. Check out some of the public opinion tracking polls to figure out how both political parties did prior to the election. What did you find? click on:
Opinion- https://www.pollingreport.com/2022.htm ;
Race for Congress https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/generic-ballot/ ;
U.S. Senate race https://www.270towin.com/2022-senate-election/.;
U.S. House race https://www.270towin.com/2022-house-election/
Gov. race https://www.270towin.com/2022-governor-election/
Critique the official websites of both political parties: Click on:
Democratic Party (https://democrats.org/). & Republican Party (https://www.gop.com/).; what is your opinion on the two websites? Which is making a better presentation to the American electorate and why? Also note one weakness and strength of each of the parties.
3. In addition review how the Media reports on both parties; click on:
(Democratic party https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c9z6yqkgwl7t)
(Republican Party https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c349zr6w3zjt.)
Which stories were positive on each party and which were negative on each party (state and discuss one story each from both parties)
4. Post your “political audit” analysis and include a recommendation for each party on how to improve and increase its chances of doing well in subsequent elections.
PART 2 Separate document
Reflective Journal
A. Discussion Threads: 200 plus words (not applicable in Summer)
What were the main points (or controversies) raised in the discussion thread on political party audit the 2024 Elections circle?
How did the points and controversies critique or affirm your original opinion?
B. The Take Away Slides:
What were the main points you got from reviewing the three themes on Political Parties and the three themes on Campaigns & Elections as narrated by Professor Patterson? (See Slides #1 & #2 in the PowerPoint Lesson Note for Chapter 8 or in the Template)
Postscripts: Briefly also share your understanding of “postscripts multimedia clips~ Political Parties & Campaigns & Elections”. (See the postscripts in the Template on Political Parties & Campaign & Elections).
C. Addendum:
Addendum: Democracy Challenge 2022[Please include the Democracy Challenge in your Reflective Journal Report]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index
“Components” Table:
Check out the United States. What was its Global Rank for 2022? What was its Regime Type? What was its Electoral Process and Pluralism score? What was its Overall Score for 2022? Was it better or worse than the 2021 score?
