Survey Results

The results of the survey we took the first night of class are below:

What is your political party?
Democrat 20
Republican 7
Don't know 4
Independent 1
Libertarian 1
Libertarian Green 1
Liberal 1

What is your ideology?
Don't know 25
Liberal 4
Conservative 1
Moderate 1
Socialist 1
Libertarian 1
Laissez-Faire 1
Issue stances 1
Realist 1

Who did you vote for in the presidential election?
Barack Obama 18
John McCain 8
Didn't vote 5
Ron Paul 1
Ralph Nader 1
Not old enough 1
No answer 1

Socialist, Republican, voted for McCain

Do you approve of the job Barack Obama is doing as president?
Yes 13
No 8
Somewhat 7
Don't know 7

Who is the governor of Florida?
Charlie Crist 13
Don't know 12
*Charlie Crist 5
Charlie Chris 3
Charlie Crisp 1
Jeb Bush 1

Name Florida's two senators.
Don't know 27
*Bill Nelson 3
Mel Martinez 2
Bernie Sanders (VT) 1
Marco Rubio 1
Brown 1
Bob Graham 1

Name your local representative.
Don't know 30
*Allen Boyd 3
Al Lawson 1

Name one other world leader.
Don't know 18
*Raul Castro, Cuba 4
Hu Jintao, China 1
Ho Chi Min, North Korea 1
Hugo Chavez, Chile 1
*Hugo Chavez, Venezuela 1
Nicolas Sarkozy, France 1
Pope Benedict 1
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti 1
*Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran 1
*Queen Elizabeth, UK 1
*Dmitry Medvedev, Russia 1
Vicente Fox, Mexico 1
*Gordon Brown, UK 1
Su Jon Kim, South Korea 1

Where do you get your news from?
Television 12
Internet 8
Newspaper 4
Magazines 2
News 2
Radio 1

Family 5
Friends 2
Don't know 1
Anywhere 1
Don't 1

CNN 15
Fox 5
MSNBC 5
Tallahassee Democrat 4
USA Today 3
Huffington Post 3
CSpan 2
The Daily Show 2
Time 2
NPR 2
Facebook 2
CBS 1
The Onion 1
Salon 1
Popurls.com 1
New York Times 1
YouTube 1
Politico 1
Drudge Report 1
Reddit 1
Washington Post 1
AP 1
MSN 1
AOL 1
ABC 1

What are the most important issues facing America today?
Economy 20
Health care 14
War 5
Iraq 4
Debt 3
Education 2
War on drugs 2
Terrorism 2
Undeclared wars 1
Loss of civil liberties 1
Gay marriage 1
Marriage 1
Military budget 1
Corporate monopolies 1
Crime 1
Number of black men incarcerated 1
Energy 1
Technology 1
Global warming 1
Gun rights 1
Taxes 1
Supreme Court nominations 1
Overactive legislation 1
Drinking age 1
Iran 1
Our missiles near Poland 1
Abortion 1
Don't know 1