Read American Political Culture. What are the 7 American values that the post identifies
) Read
American Political Culture. What are the 7 American values that the post identifies as being the key American values? In order of importance, how would you rank each of these in 2015 with 1 being the most important and 7 the least important?
http://www.ushistory.org/gov/4a.asp
2) Read “The New Atlantis: Rethinking Public Opinion.” This article discusses the ways in which public opinion has been measured over the years. This is a rather long article, but an important and well-written one. According to the article and the author, what are the shortcomings or problems with using ‘behaviorism’ and statistical samples to measure public opinion? .
http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/rethinking-public-opinion
3) According to the reading material, what is a political party and what are some of the functions of a political party?
4) According to the readings, what is the difference between the American Two-Party system and a PR system? (A second article on the American two party-system) What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?
5) Do you feel that the United States would be better off with a PR system or should we stick with our two- party system and why? (There is no right or wrong answer as this is based on your opinion)
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