Poli330N Week 3 Assignment: Essay-Representing a Democracy
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Description
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
- Textbook: Chapters 5
- Lesson
- APA style manual
- Citation and Writing Assistance: Writing Papers At CU (Links to an external site.)
- Library Overview (Links to an external site.)
- How to Search for Articles – the Everything Tab (Links to an external site.)
- Two additional sources beyond those provided
Instructions
Research the background of your Congressional representatives based on your address listed with CU – two senators and a member of the House of Representatives. Find out about their previous occupation(s), political experience, family, income, education, and other relevant demographics. What percentage of the vote did they receive to win in their last election? What are two policy issues areas they are interested in? How do these areas reflect their ideologies?
Here is a link to get your started:
Write an essay. Start by identifying all three of your representatives. Then, pick the representative you are most interested in and explain why they interest you. Present the information you found in your research required above in the essay.
Writing Requirements (APA format)
- Length: 4 full pages (not including title page or references page)
- 1-inch margins
- Double spaced
- 12-point Times New Roman font
- Title page
- References page (minimum of 2 scholarly sources beyond those provided)
- Citation and Writing Assistance: Writing Papers At CU (Links to an external site.)
- Library Overview (Links to an external site.)
- How to Search for Articles – the Everything Tab (Links to an external site.)
Grading
This activity will be graded using the Assignment #3 Grading Rubric.
Course Outcomes (CO): 2, 3
Due Date: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday
POLI330 Week 3 Representative Grading Rubric (125 pts)
Solution
CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES
Kathleen Rice
Democracy prevails when the people keep their government in check. In democratic governments like the United States, the people retain the role of checking on their representatives to ensure they undertake their responsibilities accordingly. My representatives in 1121 Merillon st Uniondale NY are Charles Chuck Schumer for the Senior Senator, Kirsten Gillibrand for the junior Senator, and Kathleen Rice for the Congresswoman. While all the three leaders have their defined roles in office, I am more interested in the Congresswoman because of her undivided zeal in fighting for the interests of the people of New York. Rice has been serving in New York for the longest time, and her advocacy for the rights of women and the marginalized, the welfare of the youth, and corruption remains apparent both regionally and nationally…
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