Question

As a budding sociologist, you decide to undertake a study of american politics by attending presidential caucuses. your personal affiliation is that of a liberal independent, and you are interested in the process from many different perspectives. your first stop is at a caucus for the republican candidates. everyone in the audience is passionate about their beliefs, and you find yourself swept up in the process, reacting somewhat strongly to ideas that you see as extreme. in developing the paper discussing your study results, what is one of the major obstacles you must overcome in order to produce a well-balanced, objective study?

Answer 1

One of the major obstacles is to remain impartial to both parties, and to be critically aware of both sides of the political sphere, to ensure that your study does not become one-sided. You must ask the same questions and critiques of both political parties and write facts not opinions.