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A student survey consisting of 15 questions is being conducted by Professor Robert Barber’s Math 105 class in coherence with Jim Mathias, State Senator of District 38. The survey addresses political issues that affect new voters and will be distributed on March 4th and 5th via email to the students of Salisbury University.
A wide range of questions are covered in the survey. The variety of topics includes fracking, minimum wage raises, the legalization of marijuana, the Affordable Care Act and more. The survey’s link will be directly sent to students’ email accounts, which guide them to the survey website “SurveyMonkey.”
After the survey is conducted, Barber’s students plan on compiling the anonymous data and using this as a representation of what SU students think of pending state legislation and what is of importance to them both now and in the next few years.
As a class composed mostly of freshman students, the topics are targeted for young and/or new voters and what may affect them and the state.