On Going Studies

I have been conducting my survey for several weeks now. While I have been receiving data, I have decided not to post the results until the final presentation. I will continue to receive more data until my final presentation. Now, however, I will discuss the process that I have undergone to receive this amount of data for my presentation. The first step in the process was that I began by creating various questions that I wanted answer. I then went up to various random people and asked them to answer these various questions so that I could receive the best data. Even though this process has resulted in a large amount of data, I must continue to receive more data in different locations to receive a more varied sample. Ultimately I hope to receive the most amount of data possible to make my results the most convincing to either prove or disprove that a majority of America has political misconceptions rampant within them.

How do you think my results will turn out? Leave a comment.

Surveying Misconception

Now that I have done some research into many misconceptions that people perceive within politics in the American culture, I have decided that I will now engage in some surveys to see if these hold true with random Americans. My survey will consist of several questions such as, "Who was a better president, Nixon or Reagan?" followed by "Which president decreased the federal deficit, Nixon or Reagan?" which will either support or deny the claim that many Americans have political misconceptions on presidents based off of their public image. However, I will not only ask questions about specific presidents, I will also ask which branch of government do they believe is the strongest as well as which legislation do they prefer, ObamaCare or the Affordable Care Act. By receiving answers to all of these questions I hope to learn better as to why the American public has common misconceptions as well as which misconceptions are the most common among the American people. After I receive the answers to these studies, I will post my findings and go more in-depth with why these phenomena occur with the American people.

How do you think the results will fare? Leave a comment down below.

Richard Nixon: Not So Bad?

After having gone through the problems that people tend to ignore with Ronald Reagan, I have now decided to look into the good that Nixon did that is often overlooked. While it is true that he was involved with the whole Watergate Scandal that tarnished his career, he actually accomplished many aspects that impacted the United States for the better. Even today, these policies are still enacted leaving a large impact on the country as a whole. First of all he ended the draft for the wars resulting in many of the riots over the drafts for wars ending. He then was able to knock the federal deficit down by seventeen billion dollars making the economy of the United States far from as bad as what it was. The final major impact that Nixon left was that he was able to end desegregation throughout the south even though he was a major racist and it went against his views. Along with these three key impacts, Nixon made other impacts that can be read here.

Is Richard Nixon a terrible president? Leave a comment saying why or why not.