Approximately 21.4 percent of the African American population who live in Florida cannot vote in elections due to felon disenfranchisement (Lai & Lee 2016). As Patterson similarly explains, though when explaining the science of polling instead of felon disenfranchisement, using a jar filled with 1,000 marbles will represent the state of Florida for this explanation. This explanation will not even demonstrate either the number of felon disenfranchised Hispanic or Caucasian demographics in Florida, but will just focus on the African American population in Florida, like the article from Lai & Lee. In a pool of 1,000 marbles, 170 of those marbles represent the African American population in Florida, and 36 marbles represent the number of African Americans in Florida who cannot vote. Likewise, 36 of the 1000 marbles selected to be polled can respond to the polls, yet cannot follow through and vote as they polled they would. According to Patterson, “although respondents may answer the question[s]..., their responses cannot be regarded as valid, [as] scholars label such responses as ‘non-opinions’” (2013). Therefore, data from polls collected in Florida should be viewed more cautiously as the potential for error is
Approximately 21.4 percent of the African American population who live in Florida cannot vote in elections due to felon disenfranchisement (Lai & Lee 2016). As Patterson similarly explains, though when explaining the science of polling instead of felon disenfranchisement, using a jar filled with 1,000 marbles will represent the state of Florida for this explanation. This explanation will not even demonstrate either the number of felon disenfranchised Hispanic or Caucasian demographics in Florida, but will just focus on the African American population in Florida, like the article from Lai & Lee. In a pool of 1,000 marbles, 170 of those marbles represent the African American population in Florida, and 36 marbles represent the number of African Americans in Florida who cannot vote. Likewise, 36 of the 1000 marbles selected to be polled can respond to the polls, yet cannot follow through and vote as they polled they would. According to Patterson, “although respondents may answer the question[s]..., their responses cannot be regarded as valid, [as] scholars label such responses as ‘non-opinions’” (2013). Therefore, data from polls collected in Florida should be viewed more cautiously as the potential for error is