What do the graphs say about the diversity of political opinions within each party?

PLEASE READ UPDATE Research Paper ROUGH DRAFT Due Wednesday by 11:59pm Points 100 Submitting a text entry box or a file upload File Types doc and docx Party platform research TEXAS.docx Download Party platform research TEXAS.docx The above file is an copy of the outline we worked on in class ********************************************************************************************************************************* GOVT 2306 Introduction Elected officials’ alignment with public opinion is essential to democracy. Public opinion is meant to be the driver behind the policies that political parties, and ultimately, policy makers advocate for or argue against. Additionally, there is a bias in which people’s opinions have the most influence because of who is most likely to engage in our democratic process. The goal of this assignment is to help you to better understand the role of public opinion and party platforms—the party blueprint for policymaking—which ideologies are more likely to be politically engaged, and how you can evaluate candidates and influence policymakers. Course Learning Outcomes Outcome 5: Evaluate the role of public opinion, interest groups, and political parties in Texas. Outcome 6: Analyze the state and local election process. Outcome 7: Identify the rights and responsibilities of citizens. Core Outcomes Critical thinking skills: creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation, and synthesis of information Social responsibility: intercultural competence, knowledge of civic responsibility, and ability to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities LINK TO TEXAS PUBLIC OPINION POLLIING DATA https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/polling/search/topic/abortion-9#democratic-identification Compare and contrast the Texas political party platforms with public opinion. Identify the party position on abortion OR death penalty* in the Texas Democratic and Republican party platforms and then look at the corresponding opinion poll that breaks down opinion by political party. According to the public opinion polls, what are the opinions of Republican and Democratic identifiers? On these two issues, how well are the party identifiers represented by their party platforms? Texas Democratic political party platform Links to an external site. Abortion: Do a word find for “abortion” to see what the party stance is Gun control: Read section titled Reducing Gun Violence Texas Republican political party platform Links to an external site.: Abortion stance is primarily stated in item numbers 36 and 218 Gun control stance is primarily stated in item number Abortion opinion poll by party identification Links to an external site. Gun control opinion poll by party identification Links to an external site. View the public opinion poll about abortion Links to an external site. that is broken down by male and female genders. Which of the two genders listed are more likely to support legal abortion across all circumstances? Why would someone’s gender affect how they feel about this particular issue? View the public opinion polls about abortion that are broken down by: 1. Democratic identification Links to an external site. and 2. Republican identification Links to an external site.. What do the graphs say about the diversity of political opinions within each party? Does it seem appropriate to make assumptions about what candidates believe about abortion based only on what party they identify with? Explain why or why not. As a voter, what may be the most responsible way to evaluate a candidate before deciding who to support? Read the major takeaways Links to an external site. in the bullet points of this poll of primary voters. What does this say about the ideologies of the people most likely to vote in primary elections? How do you think this affects the ideology of the people elected to office and how responsive those elected officials may be to people who have more moderate views? FORMAT: 2-4 pages, Times New Roman 12-font Double -spaced with one-inch margins all the way around Citation: any (MLA, APA….) Whatever you are most comfortable with, just be consistent. Direct quotes are NOT permitted. You MUST paraphrase all sourced information and cite. Outside sources not necessary but you may use if needed. Be sure to review your TurnItIn score to check your work so you can revise and resubmit. Economize your language/Avoid redundancy Proofread your work Spellcheck is your friend so use it! Submit your work as Microsoft WORD doc OR copy and paste your work into the text box* Copy and paste…. DO NOT REFORMAT. Yes, it’ll look different but when I copy and paste in a word doc, it’ll come up with your original formatting Plagiarism will result in automatic ZERO with no opportunity to revise and resubmit Again, review your TurnItIn results to ensure your work is compliant with these instructions

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