OLPUND - Pudits, Polls & Politics! The '24 Election!
Course Description
The ‘24 Election is here! Let’s 1) Review POTUS “Approval” history 1945-2020), 2) Explore how better voter polls are done, 3) Discuss “Pundits”, 4) Define “Generations” and 5) We will review current polls and focus on the “issues” by doing some actual in-class polls!
Next, we’ll try a Corporate Assessment Model, “CAM”, a business “tool” by which we can rank the issues AND the candidates!
Finally, we will do a class electoral vote prediction! Do just 6% of eligible voters actually decide an election? How can we voters be part of that 6%! A cellphone and some familiarity with Q/R codes is helpful, but not required. This is a non-partisan discussion!
Notes
Instructor: Doug Stowell
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