Talking Turkey

AP Government and Halloween

What percent of Americans would avoid sharing their own ideas about Donald Trump with those who are expressing an opposing view?

Pew Research Center

1. How accurate was your prediction?
   What is the take-home story of the chart?

2. How do you explain that?

3. What is one consequence of this?

4. Why do you think the Trump approvers are more likely to share their views than the Trump disapprovers?

5. Would you avoid sharing your own ideas about Donald Trump with those who are expressing an opposing view?

6. Explain your position.

7. America has become a bit of an echo chamber and I am very infrequently in a situation where people around me are expressing an opposing view of Donald Trump. When was the last time you were in a position where those around you were expression an opposing view of Donald Trump?

8. This Thanksgiving, are you likely to be in a position where those around you are expressing an opposing view of Donald Trump?

9. If so, what do you plan to do?

10. Of those who would share their opinion of Donald Trump with those who are expressing an opposing view, what was the top reason people gave for their decision?*

11. In past years, for example, when John Kennedy was president, do you think people were as divided about sharing their views of the president?

12. Explain whether the data from the chart above is good news.

13. Please respond to the following claim made by my student, Balthazar: Before Trump no one ever disagreed about politics and the presidency.

14. How do you think President Trumps low public approval rating impacts the likelihood of arguments about him around the Thanksgiving table?

15. What do you think the Trump family talks about around their Thanksgiving table?

16. Have you ever lost a friend over a disagreement about the Trump presidency?

17. What percent of Americans think they will get into a political argument at Thanksgiving?*

18. What percent of Americans actually get into a political argument at Thanksgiving?*

Visual Extension*

Learning Extension

• Here is a guide to avoiding politics at Thanksgiving

• Here is an argument about why you should NOT avoid politics at Thanksgiving.

Action Extension

Take part in this Pew interactive survey, paying careful attention to the reasons people gave for their speaking out or for their holding their tongue. Then make a plan of attack for what you’ve going to say about politics this Thanksgiving.

Halloween Extension