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Instructions:

This exercise is divided in two sections or parts and you will have to answer two (2) questions:

Part One:

First, you must visit and take the quiz to find out your political ideology at one or both of the following web-sites:
Advocates for Self Government a libertarian web-site: www.theadvocates.org/quiz
Pew Research Center for People & the Press: www.people-press.org/typlogy/quiz
Then, write a short paragraph (four or five sentences) explaining the results of the quizz(es). Do you believe that these quizzes accurately measured your idelogical leanings to the right or the left?
Part Two:

The second part of this assignment requires that you select a topic in one of the chapters covered by this module and conduct research by visiting one of the web-sites listed below under the heading of Options.
Then, write a short essay (two or three paragraphs: minimum 9 sentences):
explain why you decided to research that topic;
how does it relate to the chapter you selected;
discuss whether you consider this site a good tool for learning about American politics.
Options:

Chapter 5: Public Opinion:Chapter 6: The Media
If you choose to cover this chapter, you must visit a non-traditional mainstream media source and identify whether it leans to the left or the right; or whether the site represents academic viewpoints that are non-partisan (neither left nor right leanings).

PollingReport.com is a nonpartisant source on current trends in public opinion: http://www.pollingreport.com
Real Clear Politics is a source for comparing polling results from several sources. It also aggregates the result from election polls: http://www.realclearpolitics.com
Chapter 6: The Media

Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com
The National Review: http://www.nationalreview.com
Truth Out: http://www.truthout.org
The Monkey Cage: http://www.themonkeycage.org
Chapter 7: Political Parties, Participation, and Elections:
To find out information on the next election, register to vote; and/or to learn whether your state allows you to vote through an absentee ballot contact the following web-site:

League of Women Voters: http://www.vote411.org
Project Vote Smart provides information on elections, candidates; and elected officials : http://www.votesmart.org
Chapter 8: Interest Groups:
For a list of the ten most important interest groups in America visit: http://listosaur.com/politics/10-powerful-special-interest-groups-america/
The Center for Public Integrity, a nonpartisan, nonprofit investigative organization provides excerpts on lobbying investigations: http://www.publicintegrity.org/news/Lobbying
The Center for Responsive Politics provides the most comprehensive list of interest groups and lobbyist: http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/
American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), one of the most powerful associations of legislators and private sector interest groups: http://www.alec.org/
For a full expose on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), visit: http://billmoyers.com/2015/07/24/dark-cloud-of-alec-converges-at-annual-corporate-political-lovefest/
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