POLI 110 Lecture 1: POLI 110 Lecture #1
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We cannot get an answer just by asking. Give test subjects pictures of two candidates with the exact same platforms. One candidate is white and smiling, the other brown and frowning. Given the exact same description of platform, people still decided ingrid and ingwald will be leaders with different strengths. Conclusion: democracy sometimes means that citizens choose based on superficial qualities. Political science is about uncovering underlying causes. After the mass shooting in oregon, obama once again called for stricter gun control. Us does have more guns, but also more poverty, inequality, and ethnic division. Measuring gun violence around borders of three states to mexico. California banned the weapons, while arizona, new mexico, and texas did not. Around californian border, amount of gun violence did not change after a few years. Around the borders of arizona and texas, the amount of gun related violence increased.
