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Polling Place: Trinity Baptist Church,  2720 Poplar St. 19130

I interviewed a woman in her mid-twenties about her thoughts on U.S. politics and the changes that should be made.  She was very passionate about her views as a Democrat and disgusted by some of the antics taken by the Republican party.  She hopes to see the government become less partisan and more for the people.   

1st person 

1. What motivated you to come out and vote?

"I came out to vote because we need a big change for the better."

2. What would you like to see changed in our political system?

"The government should help American people instead of other countries and bring jobs back to the U.S."

3. Do you vote in every election (How regularly do you vote?)

"I vote in every election."

7. Are you always sure of who you are going to vote for when you walk into the booth or are you still deliberating?

"Always 100% sure of who I am voting for"

2nd person

"I would like to see change in the party system."

3. Do you vote in every election (How regularly do you vote?)

"No, I don’t vote in every election."

6. What was the most memorable campaign ad that you have encountered?

"I tune them out because they are negative, they do not tell you what the candidate is going to do instead they only prove how bad the other guy is."

7. Are you always sure of who you are going to vote for when you walk into the booth or are you still deliberating

"No, I am still deliberating."

"I did learn about voting in school, but it did not have an impact on me voting today."

   I interviewed two different people the first person that I interviewed was an older lady and the second a younger man. The two people I interviewed had different but yet insightful answers to my questions. The two questions that each of them answered the same were Do you know why we vote on Tuesday and  Where have you encountered the highest amount of ad campaigning? Radio, TV, Print, Internet, other. The two people I interviewed answered no because they don't know why we vote on Tuesday and saw the highest amount of ads on television.

WARD: 42 DIVISION: 6

POLLING PLACE:

Wyoming Library

ADDRESS:

E Wyoming Ave & B St

Philadelphia, PA 19120

Voter #1 Gentleman

Interview Questions and Answers

1. What motivated you to come out and vote?

It’s a change. “I want to keep (one of the political parties) out of office.”  If my vote makes a difference, then yeah for sure I will come out and vote

2. Do you vote in every election?

“Yes I do!” It needs to be a change.

3. What changes do you hope to see in Philadelphia as a result of this election?

The streets need to be cleaned up, there is too much killing and I really would like to see the cops stop being “crooked”  “Just let justice be.”

4. What impact do you feel that your vote will have on the election?

I hope it has a big impact. The (one of the political parties) are being ridiculous, I don’t like that, them telling us what to do and all.

5. Did you learn about voting in school?

I learned about voting in the streets, and catching on to what was going on around me.

Voter #2 Neighbor/Close Friend

Interview Questions and Answers

 1.What motivated you to come out and vote?

I want to have a say on what’s going on in my country.

2. Do you vote in every election?

Yes.

“I know that all changes can’t exactly be mad because of the fact of it being so many changes needed to be done, but just one would be mad. I cannot say exactly what because there is just so many, but as I said one change would satisfy me “

4. What impact do you feel that your vote will have on the election?

“I’m going to be a winner. I’m a senior so I’ll get something good, I know that its going to count. If I get what I want, that’ll be great.“

Of course, in school we would have like a play example of the presidential election and there we would be able to vote. Also in my house, I grew up with parents who thought of voting as a must; to have a say on what you thought in the country and what was going on.

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Voter #3 Woman

Interview Questions and Answers

1.What motivated you to come out and vote?

 The negative adds on television made me want to come out and vote so that can be changed.

2. Do you vote in every election? (How regularly do you vote?)

Almost every election, some reasons on why I don’t wouldn’t vote depended on the whether, how I felt, work.. etc Although I have been in general regularly voting since 1976.

3. What changes do you hope to see in Philadelphia as a result of this election?

I’m hoping that the mess in Philadelphia will get cleaned up as well as with the economy that needs to get “cleaned up” as well.

4. Did you learn about voting in school? If yes, did that impact your willingness to vote today?

Yes I did learn about voting in school, although no I do not think that, by that happening it has a impact on my willingness to vote today..

Reflection:

All right, so after my first interview, I had an altercation with the judge of elections, he found out about the assignment and asked me how old I was, I told him my age and he immediately responded to my answer with a stern “No you cannot be under the age of 18 talking about political subjects.” He then took my paper and said he was to call his DA and ask them about it. I honestly within that moment of time pondered on the statement. Being as though I’m not 18 I cannot have speak on political subjects? That’s very interesting, I actually feel otherwise. Why shouldn’t I have a say or speak upon political subjects? I do live in this country… I mean it just makes sense that I should, if in history class we speak on the subject of voting, which is a political subject, when I come to just ask a voter a few questions on the importance and meaning of voting to them, why would I have to be 18 to do such? Anyways, when the judge of elections, went to call his DA, his DA simply felt that it was all right, just to do the assignment I was sent out to do, in which in that case I finished interviewing some voters. I understood that it is never okay to ask a voter on whom they have voted for. That is just impolite, and I would never; that is personal and morally wrong. The assignment wasn’t to question any voter on whom they voted for, but for the voter to know their rights as a voter, and for the voter to be informed on the importance of voting.

I interviewed two people and both were reluctant to do video or audio podcasts so here are my written interviews

I interviewed a young man from my neighborhood. 

1.   What motivated you to come out and vote? 

“It just seems like the right thing to do. If I’m able to why not?”

2. What would you like to see changed in our political system?

“I’m not fully aware of all the issues but I just want to see someone who is real you know, someone who will keep their promises.”

3. Do you vote in every election? (How regularly do you vote?)

“I’m sort of a new voter, the first time I voted was in the Obama election. This is only my second time.”

4. Do you know why we vote on Tuesday? 

“No, I’m sure I learned it in school before, but I can’t remember.”

5. Where have you encountered the highest amount of ad campaigning? Radio, TV, print, internet, other. 

“Probably the stuff they leave on the doorstep. They call my house too.”

6. What was the most memorable campaign ad that you have encountered?

“I don’t even remember. I didn't pay attention to them that much.”

7. Are you always sure of who you are going to vote for when you walk into the booth or are you still deliberating? 

“Well since this only my second time I’m not really sure how to answer that. I was sure I was voting for Obama my first time but this time I wasn’t really sure. I kinda just chose who my dad was always talking about. He knows more about this stuff than me, so I just use him.”

Greetings: SLUDOS

  How are you? :  ¿Que tal? 

If you are speaking to an adult/stranger, if you want to speak to someone with respect, or speak proper you would say : ¿Como está? (Ud)  You will use Ud to speak formal.

If you are talking to a friend, or someone that you wouldn't want/have to speak with respect to you would say : ¿Como estás? (Tú) You will use Tú to speak informal.

Hi-Hello: Hola.

Bye-Goodbye: Adiós

Possible answers to that question would be -

Awful: Mal. / Terrible

Alright: Más o menos.

When asking a question is espanól you put a question mark in both the beginning and end of the question. The question mark in the beginning is upside down like so ¿

 (very) Well, thanks : (muy) Bien, gracias. Then you will have the option of adding on to your response - and you? :¿Ytú?  or ¿Y Usted? Like mentioned before, it all depends on who you are speaking to if you are to use tú or Usted.

This could be applied in a real life situation this could come in handy. Say if your coming to a new school and don’t know anybody, so you introduce your self to new people. Then you make new FRIENDS!

Created by Jamie Murphy & Jalisa Smith

Seasons!

Seasons are normal in all places. In English speaking countries and in Spanish speaking countries. There is Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter.

In English, you can see that the image goes, fall, summer, spring, winter. To say that in Spanish you would say el otono, el verano, la primavera, y el invierno.

What’s the weather like?

When saying the seasons en espanol, you want to be sure that you can explain what the weather is like in all seasons. You want to start by reciting the seasons. Then check out the following.

To ask what the weather is like en espanol you would say: Qué tiempo hace?

Ex. 1

Person 1: Qué tiempo hace?

Person 2: Hace sol.

Ex. 2

Person 1: Qué tiempo hace en el invierno?

Person 2: Hace frio en el invierno.

Notes:

·      To say that it is very cold put emphasis onto the weather you can say “mucho”. So for the last example I could have answered “Hace mucho frio en el invierno”.

·      When you see two l’s next to one another the pronunciation would be (aye-ye). More of a ‘y’ sound would come out. You want to be sure you are saying it correctly.

Created by Jamie Murphy & Jalisa Smith

Numbers: Los Números

1.Uno

2.Dos

3.Tres

4.Cuatro

5.Cinco

6.Seis

7.Siete

8.Ocho

9.Nueve

10.Diez

11.Once

12.Doce

13.Trece

14.Catorce

15.Quince

*Number 11 through 15 are just like 1 through 5 except with the ce at the end.

16. Dieci-6 (deciseis)

17. Dieci-7

18.Dieci-8

19.Dieci-9

20.Veinte

30.Treinta

40.Cuarenta

50.Cincuenta

60.Sesenta

70.Setenta

80.Ochenta

90.Noventa

To ask or tell someone their/your number:

 What’s your phone number?- ¿Cuál tu número de teléfono?

It is. – Es el

20 has its own pattern- after you say veinte the other number fallows right after. Example: 27 would be veintesiete

30-90 has the patteren so, after each multiple of ten you say -  Y 1 or Y 2 or Y 3 or Y 4 and so on. So for example 35 would be treinta y cinco.

This could be a real life application. So if you are at a party and an attractive person asks you for your number or if you want to ask someone for their number.

Created by Jamie Murphy & Jalisa Smith

Months-

January: enero

February: febrero

March: mazo

April: abril

May: mayo

June: junio

July: julio

August: agosto

September: septibre

October: octubre

November: noviembre

December: diciembre

Spanish months and days are never capitalized like our English months and days are!!

In Spanish we write our dates a little different than you would in English. Instead of writing the month then the day, the Spanish format is the day then the month.

To ask/answer questions about the dates:

            What’s today’s date? – ¿Cuál es la fecha de hoy?

            It’s the number of _______(month) – Hoy es el da _______ (mes)

Example:  Febuary 21^st  also written as 02/21 in English. While in Spanish it would be written as 21/02.

So 21/02 = Es el veitiuno da febrero.

You could apply this to an everyday application when you are writing your heading on your paper in school or if someone in class asks you what today is.

Created by Jamie Murphy & Jalisa Smith