The Issues By The Numbers - The Problems
September 8, 2008 The chart below shows the number of “mentions” we’ve seen of each issue by each candidate during this campaign season as of the afternoon of Thursday, September 4 (before McCain’s Convention Speech.) Use this data to answer the following questions. | Obama | McCain | Iraq War | 3571 | 2234 | Economy/Budget | 1827 | 1503 | Abortion | 790 | 505 | Health Care | 642 | 509 | Environment | 424 | 317 | Immigration | 350 | 324 | Globalization | 208 | 151 | Education | 115 | 47 | Civil Rights | 7 | 3 |
“Issue Coverage Tracker”. Washington Post. http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates September 4, 2008. According to the table, what percent of the total number of “mentions” between the two candidates have related to education? Express your answer to the nearest tenth.
Which candidate has devoted a higher percentage of their issue “mentions” to the issue of health care?
What is the positive difference in the percent of total “mentions” devoted to the Iraq War and total “mentions” devoted to the Economy/Budget? Express your answer to the nearest tenth.
The solutions to this week's problems will be posted on Monday, September 15th, 2008.
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