Do Democrats and Republicans Recycle Their Trash at the Same Rate?

Overview

Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if Democrats and Republicans recycled their trash at the same rate. My hypothesis was that Democrats would have a higher recycling rate than Republicans. Methods/Materials One hundred and eleven households, 59 Republican and 52 Democratic, were surveyed. I used only those households in which all the voters in the house were of the same political party, either Democrat or Republican. On the night before trash pick-up day, I surveyed people in my large neighborhood and measured the volume of garbage in the gray bin and the volume of recycling in the blue bin. I then calculated the recycling percentage. Results On average, Democratic households had a higher recycling rate than Republican households. The Democratic recycling rate was 59.5% and the Republican recycling rate was 47.1%. Conclusions/Discussion My conclusion is that the recycling rate of Democrats is higher than the recycling rate of Repubicans; therefore, my hypothesis is correct.

Competition history

• CSEF 2002 Social Sciences (Junior Division Only) · Entry J1722

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