Politics on campus: how social hierarchy and individual background affect political behavior
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Date
2017-04Author
Hoffman, Hillary
Publisher
University of Wisconsin--Stout. Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
Advisor(s)
Lee, Tina, 1976-
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Today’s college students are our future potential political leaders, and
this research aims to identify voting, political participation, and leadership
trends among them. With this information we can discover the political traits
that this demographic finds desirable in an elected leader, and conceptualize
what our future society may look like based on social and political issues that
this generation feels passionate about. A survey was sent to 2,000 randomly
selected University of Wisconsin-Stout students. Multiple-choice and writein
questions were used to gather the political opinions and participation
behaviors of the respondents. It was found that specific demographic
characteristics are often related to a set of political ideas and opinions. Where
one is placed within the social hierarchy has an effect on views of political
leaders, level of political participation, and perception of potential future
leadership roles.
Subject
students
participation
political leaders
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http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/77583Description
Research article with tables.
Citation
Hoffman, H. (2017). Politics on campus: how social hierarchy and individual background affect political behavior. University of Wisconsin-Stout Journal of Student Research, 16, 98-113.