Public Opinion Project Reflection

For this project, I was asked to survey ten people. I asked them questions pertaining to the upcoming election. I surveyed people of different gender, age, religion, ethnicity and education, so I could have answers from various point of views. I thought to myself because of the many differences, the responses I would get would be very different. I was wrong. I learned that I cannot make assumptions based on the differences, but to be open to the possibilties of similarities. My favortie question was the one pertaining to the number one issue in the United States. Half of the people said the economy and the rest ranged from Abortion to Racism to Same Sex Marriage. Just from question 1 I was able to see different point of views. Some of the repsones even persuaded me in changing my own. The question that surprised me the most was the one about Same Sex Marriage. For this question, I thought religion would play a big role in the people's response, but shockingly age was the key factor. Older age groups were not to fond of the idea of Same Sex Marriage. They were very conservative because of their generation. In their generation, it was considered immoral.They believed marriage is a bond between Man and Woman. As for the younger age groups, especially my generation, were very open to the idea. They approved it. They believed that eveyone has the right to marry who they want. The younger groups seemed to be more liberal and open minded. From this project I gained the insight from Christians, Muslims, Catholics,Senior Citizens, High School Students, African-Americans, Polynesians, Hispanics, Asians and Caucasians. The interviews with people of different factors allowed me to see the many point of views, different and similar. Because of the interviews, I was able to create my own point of view of the upcoming election as well as topic related issues.