Turkey Task!
Your task, should you choose to accept, it is to read one of the following 4 articles and comment on its significance to our study of the executive branch. Keep your comments brief but thorough. Feel free to reference conversations we have had in class or your peers have added earlier. You will want to reference the article and the content of the article in your response. Assignment is worth 10 points and is due by the time you walk in the door after Thanksgiving break.
President Obama's approval drops in the wake of Paris attacks We will study polling and its uses later this semester. This article references recent polls conducted. Do they matter? Are the results significant?
Americans don’t trust government. But they still want government to do a lot. We used this exact line almost in class. We don't like our gov't but we love our gov't! Huh?? Read the article!
In Paris’s wake, a changed presidential contest — and electorate How Paris will change the 2016 election and maybe even future elections! Not sure what the electorate is...it is one of our vocab terms. If you are planning on running for president, you had better read the article because your job description may have changed.
How GOP campaigns are strategizing for Super Tuesday delegate bonanza In our study of electing a president, yes Iowa and New Hampshire are important but so is Super Tuesday. What! You don't know what Super Tuesday is! You had better read the article!
Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving!
Mr. Thompson
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