Faculty Sponsor: Professor Maryam Gooyabadi
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Julia Podgorski
Julia Podgorski is a sophomore who will be pursuing a Philosophy and Russian Eastern European and Eurasian double major. Outside of class, she is the Assistant Opinions Editor for The Argus, a research assistant for the Wesleyan Media Project, conducts research for the Wesleyan Institute of Policy in the social core, performs with the Slavei a cappella group, and volunteers as a DJ for WESU.
Abstract: Using data from the American National Election Studies, I examined how individuals perceived corruption in the U.S. government after the election of Donald Trump in 2016 based on who they voted for in the 2020 presidential election, as well as demographics such as gender, race, and income. The significant results showed that those who voted for Joe Biden, the democratic candidate, tended to view corruption as having increased under Trump’s presidency, while those who voted for Donald Trump viewed corruption as having either stayed the same or decreased since he took office in his first term. Results for whether corruption increased, decreased, or stayed the same across the three demographics varied and were not significant.
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