MIDTERM QUESTIONS: PLEASE ANSWER BOTH QUESTIONS
Question 1: Predict who will win the US presidential election on November 8th, 2016. Drawing on course readings, lectures, and class discussion, critically discuss the methods you used to make your prediction. What are the strengths, weaknesses and implications of your methods? You will need to conduct external research (i.e. data) to support your prediction.
Question 2: Drawing on course readings, lectures, and discussion, critically discuss the role of advertising/marketing in politics. Discuss which arguments you agree or disagree with and explain why. (75% of the grade for this question will be allocated to this discussion.) In your conclusion, briefly apply your discussion to ONLY ONE of the following ads (25% of the grade will be allocated to your discussion about the ad):
Ad 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mopkn0lPzM8
Ad 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTylz2WToXw