Having Issues?
What is the most important issue to both Democratic and Republican voters in the 2018 midterm elections?
How accurate was your prediction?
How surprising is this data?
Describe a trend in terms of what kind of issues are important (salient) to voters in both parties in the 2018 midterm election.
Why do you think that is?
What is one consequence of this?
This is a list of issues, not people. If we were to add Donald Trump to this list where would he rank on the list?
What is the biggest disagreement (split) about what is an important issue between the two parties?
Describe one trend in the data in terms of what is important to the Republican party.
Describe one trend in the data in terms of what is important to the Democratic party.
Considering the data in the chart what kind of television campaign ads do you think we’ll see a lot of this fall.
Rank the issues in the chart in order of importance to you.
Of the issues listed in the chart, how do you imagine the ranking has and has not changed over time?*
Explain how coverage of these issues might differ on MSNBC versus FOX News.
Explain the partisan gap between treatment of LGBTQ people?
Based on the data, what conclusions about the outcome of the 2018 midterm election can you make?
How different do you think this chart would have been for the 2002 midterm election?
In what way can President Trump impact the 2018 midterm election?
Explain which party’s voters you predict will be more fired up for this year’s midterm elections.
