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Veronica Robinson

Period 4
Project One:
Overview:
For this project my group had the gender surveys. These surveys had questions
referring to a person that is running for office. Both of the candidates had the same
background and qualifications. The only thing that varied between the two surveys was
the fact that one person was male, and the other female. Each information sheets had
their background, education, work experience, community service, and positions on
issues. The surveys were intended to determine whether or not the respondent was
biased to gender. This survey is helpful to those running to see if their gender will help
their chances of being voted into office. The survey was given to all ages, gender, and
religion. Each person who filled out the survey was given a fact sheet, and a question
response sheet for them to complete. This was done to bring a more varying and
random response the the two separate sets of surveys taken. Because of the different
ages and gender, we hoped to get the most wide variety of responses from the public.
This survey is intended to see if gender really matters in the political world.

Hypothesis:
Since this topic deals with a fairly controversial item like gender, it is important to
have opinions from many different people. Gender is something that can affect the
results. Man and women are different, and womens fight to be equal with man in the
workplace, and being recognized under the law equally. This struggle is something that
could be relevant to this survey. Some people may still feel biased against women,

coinciding with this traditional thinking, may affect the way people answer this survey.
Also, the gender of the person filling out the survey may have a biased point of view for
or against their gender. Age is also a factor, those older may side with more traditional
views. Religion could affect those siding with the candidates views on changes they
would make. My hypothesis about this survey is the following: more people will side with
the male, they will revert to more of a traditional view against women in politics, and
disregard the qualifications for office. In addition, I think that the women will support the
women candidate more than men. Differences in gender will greatly affect the results
that will be collected.

Methodology:
All of the surveys were given to the public the same. They were handed a
random male, or female information sheet and survey. They were given time to review
the background of the candidate. The background consisted of the person being fiftytwo years of age. They have a spouse and two kids, and are living in sandy. This
information is good because people generally favor people with families. For their
education they went to Jordan high, and got a degree from the University of Utah in
Sociology. They also studied in Chicago and received a masters in social work. For their
work experience they worked at restaurants in college. They had an internship with the
Chicago Community Developmental Organization. For eighteen years they also worked
as a licensed clinical social worker for Salt Lake City. They also furthered their career by
starting a company called Wasatch Front Regional Social Services Network. For
community service they are; an active member in their church, served on the
Taylorsville City Council, appointed member of the Salt Lake Community College Board

of Trustees, regularly they volunteer at the Habitat for Humanity, last they coach soccer
at the local recreational center. These parts of background information help people
relate to them. They are a part of many things in the community, graduated from local
schools, have a family, and work hard. These things are questioned about in the survey
with the following questions. (Each question was formatted in the following manner,
check the box that responds to the person running for senator: strongly agree, agree,
neutral, disagree, strongly disagree.) He/she has sufficient education to be a U.S.
senator from Utah. He/she has sufficient work experience to be a U. S. Senator from
Utah. He/she demonstrates strong leadership skills. He/she has the kinds of life
experiences that will help him understand average Utahns. All of these questions force
the respondent to make a decision based on what they read. They get to decide if the
individual would be a good candidate based on all the life experience they have gone
through. The last question asks: I support more of his policy positions than I oppose.
This question is asking about the remaining paragraph of candidate information. A
series is mentioned: Supports the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms, but would however
increase background checks and decrease gun clips to 10 rounds; repeal all No Child
Left Behind federal testing requirements, and return money to states; supports
obamacare; increase federal spending on public transit; cap student interest rates at
4%; supports immigration reform. A lot of these topics are controversial when asked if
they support more than they oppose, and could make the difference between the
gender on the surveys. The sixth question was one that our group came up with, that
they would support any action that this person would take in office. We chose this to see
if they really thought they would make smart decisions that they would agree with.

Results:
The results we gathered shocked most of the group. All of us agreed that gender
would affect the results. We thought that males would be the predominant favorite.
However the results we collected were sort of opposite than what was predicted. The
majority of the surveys no matter the gender that filled out the survey, to the gender of
the candidate was consistent. Most everyone filled in the agree, or neutral box to every
answer on the survey. We had only a handful of people say otherwise. One male who
was catholic was totally against the woman candidate and checked strongly disagree to
each box. I guess this man doesnt support women in office at all. There was another
LDS female who disagreed with the woman. These two surveys were very unique to this
trial. They followed the hypothesis I created, they did not follow the rest of the surveys
however. About 8 of the surveys were unique like the two mentioned above. The rest of
the surveys didnt vary much between opinion. All ages seemed to agree to both the
male Patrick, and female Patricia the same. It was interesting to me that gender had no
effect on the the results. People surveyed must have like the background information,
and experience a lot. It surprised me to see that they studied out the questions and data
more than just the gender.

Conclusion:
This project resulted unexpectedly to what I predicted in the beginning. I was
impressed that those interviewed looked past traditional gender roles and critically
picked what they thought was best. This survey is good because we currently have a
woman running for president. Just because she is a woman, doesnt mean that she
deserves less respect, or has less accreditation than the other male candidates running

alongside her. It is important that every candidate is treated fairly and heard the same,
because they all have smart ideas and could be the next leader. This applies even down
to locally. Principals and teachers all deserve the same respect that the opposite sex
would get. Just because he(she) are different types of people doesnt mean that they
should get less of a chance to be a leader than those around them.

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