Bell Ringers

Bell Ringer: Political Party Identification

Overall Results

Carroll Doherty, director of political research at the Pew Research Center, talked about Pew’s research on how party identification has shifted over the past three decades.

Description

Carroll Doherty, director of political research at the Pew Research Center, talked about Pew’s research on how party identification has shifted over the past three decades.

Bell Ringer Assignment

  • CLIP #1: What is the "most basic" political measure? Explain.
  • CLIP #1: Detail the "factors" that play into the measure.
  • CLIP #1: According to Carroll Doherty, what shifts have occurred since the 1990s? What has remained constant?
  • CLIP #2: Based on the clip, how does race influence party identification? Why?
  • CLIP #2: Summarize the "complicated process" by which the survey was conducted.
  • CLIP #2: Describe the "growing gap" relative to education and party identification.
  • EXTENSION: Explore the full Pew Research Center survey results using the link below. Using the table of contents to navigate, explore a sub-section of the report that you are interested in learning more about. Prepare a brief presentation about your selected section to share with your class, making sure to include: 1.) key takeaway(s), 2.) the impact of the findings on the country, and 3.) any questions you have.

Additional Resources

Participants

    Vocabulary

    • Decade
    • Democrat
    • Donald Trump
    • Interview
    • Joe Biden
    • Margin Of Error
    • Panel
    • Political Party
    • President
    • Probability
    • Race
    • Republican
    • Sample

    Topics

    Campaigns & ElectionsEducationPolitical Parties

    Grades

    Middle SchoolHigh SchoolUniversity