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Abstract: The goal of this study is to examine the relationship between exposure levels to US politics (discussing, watching, thinking, interest) and and perceptions of the US government (does the government care about its citizens? can we as citizens make change? how well does the government execute their promises?). The study involves creating two main variables that represent overall exposure and overall perception. By grouping individuals based on how many level of exposure they have, I am able to create a variable that measure how much exposure one individual has in comparison to another. Furthermore, by grouping individuals based on their perception of the government, I am able to create a variable that measures government perception from individual to individual. I also aded a third variable to the study that was ID (political affiliation: Republican, Democrat, Independent). When analyzing both my response and explanatory variable, I used my third variable (ID) to look for any differences among political affiliation. The research (a) shows that as exposure levels increase, negative perceptions of the government increase as well. (b) There is no difference in mean change across the ID variable. (c) Across all ID groups, more exposure is significantly related to a more negative perception.
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