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Students Participate in Exit Polling

Students in Professor Gelbman's Public Opinion Class

On Election Day, Professor Shamira Gelbman’s Public Opinion class (POL 312) conducted an exit poll at the Bone Student Center polling station. With the help of Politics and Government graduate student Josh McClusky, the students designed the survey and solicited nearly 300 responses from both student and non-student voters. The responses they received were remarkably close to the precinct’s reported results for the presidential election. They also shed light on the factors that motivate Americans to vote, the sources of their political information, and the issues they think are most important. According to the students, the experience was “a real hands-on adventure” that made them feel like they were “more a part of the election” and let them see firsthand how the concepts they’ve been discussing in class all semester actually play out in the real world. Click Read More for more photos.

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