My proposal is to test the degree of political efficacy in college students and an older, more randomized population in downtown Iowa city. Political efficacy is a society's faith and trust and the political system and that the government is working in their favor. A high degree of political efficacy may make citizens want to vote and believe that their vote is important. This is important because a high degree of political efficacy can be seen as important to make a democracy work better.
Research questions:
Do college students or older voters have a higher degree of political efficacy?
Do young adults vote in the same way as their parents?
Research plan:
I'm planning to write a survey and then ask college students in my dorm and maybe in my classes those questions. I will then ask those same survey questions to people at the PED mall in downtown Iowa city. I'll choose a few random people in each group to interview and ask them more in depth questions. I'll analyze this data simply by calculating percentages of how many people answer yes or no to the questions. Since the definition of political efficacy is trust in the government and voting is an indicator, answering yes to these questions is assumed to be an indicator of political efficacy.
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