Voter Survey Analysis - Micah

 Before I begin on data analysis I want to make clear that this survey did not work out extremely well. I have multiple reasons behind this belief. First, there were too many write ins. One main example that should have been in place is the party affiliation. There was no real need for write in as only about 1.7 of votes did not go to the main two parties in this election. A "other" section would have served much better. The second issue with this survey is that there was not enough representation. In an ideal survey, there would be many more people filling it out, but due to the smaller sample size, we see disproportionate results. An example of this is how 59.5% of responses claimed to be Democrat to the 19% Republican, when (By popular vote in the election) Democrat is only 51% and Republican is 47.3%. Without getting too long winded, this survey needed to be sent out a lot more. One thing that did turn out well is that most questions did get answered, with the most skipped questions being climate change and gender.

I am analyzing the differences within the healthcare category and gender. With the first question of, "In 2010, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare) into law. From what you know about the Affordable Care Act, do you generally approve or disapprove of it?," Men narrowly "won", if you will in edging out women in regard to general disapproval of the ACA. The actual vote turnout within the category was four votes to women with men taking home 7.  The next question in the category was, "The phrase 'Healthcare is a right, not a privilege' has been said by many people and parties throughout political history. Free healthcare has been a main subject in debates for years. Do you believe healthcare is a right or a privilege?" The answer turnout for the belief that it is only a privilege was surprising. of the 25 answers to the question, 18 were from men. This is especially shocking when you find out that 54% of survey takers are women. Only 4 women voted in response to this question. The final question in the section was, "What healthcare plan would you like to see implemented?" The final results were remarkably equal. I found that, in terms of people who want to modify ACA, women "won" by a singular vote. My main takeaway is that men seem to be more in disdain with government controlling medicine, while women tend to see healthcare as a basic service that should be provided for everyone.