Once you have filled in the table, compare the data you collected for your county (union county NJ) against the data I have provided for the United States. Then, recognizing that your data are limited, in a few paragraphs—no more than 2 double-spaced pages—answer the following three sets of questions:
1. Your county (Union County NJ): How “typical” is your county compared to the United States?
– Are people in your county richer or poorer than the U.S. average?
– Are people in your county similar in racial and ethnic composition to the U.S. average?
– Are people in your county older or younger than the U.S. average?
– Are people in your county educated more or less than the U.S. average?
2. Your congressional representative: How important politically does money seem to be for your congressional representative?
– Did your representative raise more or less money than others in the 2021 election campaign?
– Who is your county’s representative most indebted to for funding their 2021 electoral campaign? Business? Labor? Banks? Or what?
– Is your county’s representative better or worse off financially than the average American?
3. Implications: Whose interests does your congressional representative seem to represent?
– Given your data, does it seem that your county’s congressional representative is likely to represent the interests of the average citizen in your county?
– Given your data, does it seem that your county’s congressional representative is likely to represent the interests of the average American citizen?
The Deliverable: Turn in your two-page double-spaced answer to the questions
