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______ Advanced Placement WHAT’S
YOUR IDEOLOGY? Directions: This assignment asks you to take
self-surveys online that will allow you to have a better idea what your
political views are, to figure out which of the current presidential candidates you might prefer to vote
for, and to discover which of the current political parties you might be
interested in affiliating yourself with. Part 1: Where Do You Fit? Read
the two-paragraph introduction to the “Where Do You Fit?” self self-survey
online at http://people-press.org/fit/ . Click on the “Where Do You
Fit?” hyperlink and answer the questions on the typology
questionnaire online to find out which political typology group you fit
into. When you have completed
taking this survey, click on “Calculate my results!”. Read the description of your political
typology carefully, then answer the questions below. 1. What political “typology”
does the sum of your answers on the survey indicate you “fit”
into? __________________________________________________________________ 2. What personal characteristics or
beliefs do you have that can explain your being
categorized into this political “typology”? Look back at the explanation and list
at least three personal beliefs/characteristics from the typology you think
match your own personal beliefs best. A.
________________________________________________________________________________________ B.
________________________________________________________________________________________ C.
________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Which of the political typologies (see
the explanations online at http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?PageID=949
) is most unlike your own? __________________________________________________________________ 4. What personal characteristics or beliefs does this typology (above) have that can explain
its being categorized as directly opposite to your own? Look back at the characteristics of
the typology you listed in #3, above, and list at least three personal
beliefs/characteristics from that typology that you think are the most
opposite to your own. A.
________________________________________________________________________________________ B.
________________________________________________________________________________________ C.
________________________________________________________________________________________ When you
have completed this assignment in full, please read Beyond Red vs. Blue:
Republicans Divided About Role
of Government - Democrats by Social and Personal Values at http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?PageID=943
. Take notes over this section,
print out what you need to, and be ready for a question-and-answer session
during our next class session.
This will be graded by your instructor, and along with this
assignment, is worth 100 points. Part 2: VoteMatch
Quiz Take the
VoteMatch quiz online at http://www.speakout.com/VoteMatch/senate2006.asp?quiz=2008
. Be sure you follow these
directions. Make certain that the
radio button located next to “2008 Presidential speculation” is
checked (with a black dot). Leave
the drop-down menu alone – it should be set to read “Select
Senate race.” Then click on
the tab that reads “Individual Rights” and begin taking the VoteMatch quiz on your own. As you complete a tabbed section, go
on to the next one – from “Individual Rights” through
“Candidate Ranking” to get the results of your survey. On the page that shows your survey
results, there should be one presidential candidate whose views on social and
economic issues match up with yours at least fairly closely. Click on the hyperlink titled
“Social” to the left of the candidate whose name appears above
the rest, and read over how well your views and that
candidate’s views match.
Repeat this process using the hyperlink titled
“Economic.” At the
end of the list of candidates and the explanation of how well their stand on
the issues matches your own, find the statement next to the radio button that
is titled “Your political philosophy is” – your ideology
should show up here as “liberal” or “conservative” or
“populist” or “libertarian,” or some combination of
those terms, even. Click on the
hyperlink to the right of “Your political philosophy is” that is
titled “analysis and explanation.” Read this thoroughly and completely,
and be prepared to discuss in class with your instructor and classmates. Please answer the questions regarding
the VoteMatch Quiz and your results, below. 5. Which presidential candidate in which
political party came closest to your views? A. Name of
candidate:
__________________________________________________________________ B. Political
party:
_______________________________________________________ 6. With which “social” issue
were your beliefs closest to the stand taken by the candidate? ____________________________________________________________________________________ 7. With which “economic”
issue were your beliefs closest to the stand taken by the candidate? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Part 3: The Political Compass Read “Welcome
to the Political Compass” at http://www.politicalcompass.org/ before you go
any farther on this assignment. This is important, as
your ability to understand the results of this self-survey will be greatly
enhanced through, first, reading this page. After you’ve finished
reading the Welcome page, "Take the Test." When you have completed the "Test" and see your
results, click on "Show graph on separate page for printing."
Print out your personal results graph,
write your name on it, and staple it together with the rest of your work,
today, with this handout on top.
(Be smart: copy/paste the
graph image into a Word document, then print out
just the single sheet with “Political Compass” typed in as a title!) Part 4: The 2008
American Presidential Candidate Selector Take the 2008 American Presidential Candidate Selector survey at http://selectsmart.com/PRESIDENT/ . Print out your results and staple it together with the rest of
your work, with this assignment sheet on top. Part 5: The Political Quizshow Take the survey at The Political Quizshow at http://www.madrabbit.net/webrabbit/quizshow.html . Print out your results, staple it with the rest of your work. Answer the questions below after taking this survey. 8.
Do you believe the results of this survey accurately represent your
ideology? _________________________ 9.
Explain below why this survey did or did not accurately represent your
ideology. _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ Part 6: Party
Matchmaking Go to the Party Matchmaking Questions at http://www.3pc.net/matchmaker/index.html and take this survey. List the “top five” political parties that this survey indicates you’re most likely to be compatible with, in their proper order according to the results it computed from your answers. 10. 13.
11. 14.
12. 15. Were the
political parties “ranked” by your results in the Party
Matchmaking survey, in the order you think they should be? _____________________________________ 16. Explain
below why this survey did or did not accurately represent your ideal ranking
of political party choices. _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ Part 7: Past
President Selector Go to the Past President Selector at http://www.selectsmart.com/PASTPRES/ List the “top five” presidents of
the 17.
20.
18. 21.
19.
22. There are
a total of ten presidential “strengths” listed on this
survey. Which ONE do you believe is more important for presidents to
have than the other nine? Why? _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ Part 8: Third Parties Look over the
DOZENS of Political
party:
___________________________________________________ Why?
____________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ Part 9: Why Do
Conservatives Have More Nightmares? FINALLY, go to “Why
Do Conservatives Have More Nightmares?” at http://mentalhealth.about.com/cs/academicpsychology/a/conservative.htm . A study found some intriguing relationships between
political ideology and dreams - - this article discusses the connections
found between sleep and dreams and the political ideology of college students
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