Political Attitudes Towards the Bush Administration by Ethnic and Racial Groups
Location
CSU 253/254/255
Start Date
12-4-2004 1:45 PM
End Date
12-4-2004 3:15 PM
Student's Major
Ethnic Studies
Student's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Mentor's Name
Yueh-Ting Lee
Mentor's Department
Ethnic Studies
Mentor's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Description
Political constituencies affect the federal government and its policies. In return, these constituencies are also impacted themselves by the administration and the policies it creates in a sort of political cycle (Lee, 1993). These constituents should be aware of how particular governmental policies may directly or indirectly impact them at a personal level or at a national level through their common populations. This project primarily analyzes the political responses of various ethnic and racial groups about the Bush administration and its policies, but also to a lesser extent, the different responses when examined by age and/or gender. It is hypothesized that Caucasians will have a more positive outlook on the administration and its policies while racial and ethnic minorities will be seen to have less positive responses to the questions asked. Overall, approximately 220 participants were surveyed from classrooms of the Ethnic Studies Department of Minnesota State University, Mankato and from the local communities of the researchers through questions asking them to indicate their support for the war with Iraq, certain policies that the Bush administration had made or proposed to put into action and on the Bush administration itself. When each question was analyzed singly, a significant difference was shown between the various ethnic and racial groups in two-thirds of the questions asked. This data supports the hypothesis that the racial/ethnic majority (Caucasians) would more strongly support the Bush administration and its policies when compared to racial and ethnic minorities.
Political Attitudes Towards the Bush Administration by Ethnic and Racial Groups
CSU 253/254/255
Political constituencies affect the federal government and its policies. In return, these constituencies are also impacted themselves by the administration and the policies it creates in a sort of political cycle (Lee, 1993). These constituents should be aware of how particular governmental policies may directly or indirectly impact them at a personal level or at a national level through their common populations. This project primarily analyzes the political responses of various ethnic and racial groups about the Bush administration and its policies, but also to a lesser extent, the different responses when examined by age and/or gender. It is hypothesized that Caucasians will have a more positive outlook on the administration and its policies while racial and ethnic minorities will be seen to have less positive responses to the questions asked. Overall, approximately 220 participants were surveyed from classrooms of the Ethnic Studies Department of Minnesota State University, Mankato and from the local communities of the researchers through questions asking them to indicate their support for the war with Iraq, certain policies that the Bush administration had made or proposed to put into action and on the Bush administration itself. When each question was analyzed singly, a significant difference was shown between the various ethnic and racial groups in two-thirds of the questions asked. This data supports the hypothesis that the racial/ethnic majority (Caucasians) would more strongly support the Bush administration and its policies when compared to racial and ethnic minorities.
