Week 5: Reading Response 1

To summarize Bositis’s argument for me is difficult. I see a lot of numbers and stats about polls. All I see him doing is complaining that polls aren’t accurate for minority groups. I thought polls were to get information about what the majority wants or sees or needs. If he wants that information about minority groups then minority groups should have a separate poll. I understand that it is more difficult to accurately poll minorities in different parts of the county. I grew up in eastern Washington in an agricultural area. It has a very high percentage of Hispanics. A lot of them are here illegally and will fade into the woodwork when confronted for any questions. Yet these are the same people that will complain through others what they like, dislike or need or want from this country. Also a large percentage doesn’t speak English. I think step one would be to learn English. Step two is to become a citizen, and step three would be to only poll legitimate US citizens. I agree with Bositis that the polls are inaccurate, but they are inaccurate across the board, not just with minorities.

It is an evaluative argument because he is stating a claim and giving probable causes for it. It is a proposal argument because he gives some suggestions on how to help fix the problem. Some suggestions he gives are for certain organizations, including the news operations to go into areas where minorities live and work and find out and understand all the views they do or do not share.