Assignment
1) Do Americans demonstrate good citizen values: political knowledge, ideology, tolerance, and participation?
2) What is the purpose of public opinion polling? What are several of the types of polls used during election time?
3) What are the roles of political parties? Do we need political parties in our political system?
4) Discuss two currently active political parties in the United States other than Republicans and Democrats.
Reading: Barbour and Wright, Chapters 13, 14 and 15 (to be read by our seventh week of class.