Personal Reflection

The results of my political typology survey were slightly surprising to me—I am a business conservative. The vast majority of my extended family claim to be conservative as well. Despite (or maybe as a result of) our similar views, we aren’t afraid to talk politics. Many a Thanksgiving has been spent discussing the latest turn of events from Washington. Yet, my parents in particular have always pushed my brother and me to make our own political decisions. The surprising results of this quiz, however, stem from the degree of conservatism that I am categorized as—it seems that I am farther left on the scale than the rest of my family. They haven’t taken this quiz, but I’m sure that they would be considered steadfast conservatives.

Although the American political culture contains numerous core ideals and values as all American share different views, the vast majority of people support general ideas including equality, liberty, and order. America guarantees each individual political equality, allowing each individual to have their own personal beliefs within the political sphere. However, the environment, combined with the media, has a powerful influence on the views Americans chose to hold. Different generations live through different experiences which significantly shapes the thinking of individuals. Therefore, political beliefs and ideologies form due to the resolutions regarding different conflicts. Even though there seems to be many opposing viewpoints, the American

Political socialization, as Steffen W. Schmidt has said, is a ' process by which people acquire political beliefs and values(Steffen, Mack, Barbara, American Government and Politics Today, Page117). Americans are very willing to discuss and express their political opinions when they are asked. But how do they get these general political attitudes or political beliefs? In this essay, I will enumerate several ways, like family, education, mass media and religion, to explain how Americans get their political beliefs.

The process of political socialization is vital in the developing of how one views politics, the way they act or choose not to act, and how they identify within the political system. Although countless influences sway or attract us to a given political view, party, or identification, there are undoubtedly certain factors that play a bigger role in this process. Some of the most prominent agents of political socialization are as follows; family, media, peers, education, religion, faith, race, gender, age, geography, and socioeconomic status. We know these develop or determine our views of politics but now we’ll look at how and why they have such an impact.

Political socialization is the process with which people use to form their political views and opinions. Everyone forms their ideas over their lifetime and over that lifetime, people and politics change, therefore their stance on a political view or their political beliefs as a whole can change. A person’s political views start to develop as soon as they understand what politics are, which is different for everyone, and it continues to develop for as long as they live and keep up with politics. Everyone’s political opinions are influenced by the many agents of socialization. Agents of socialization are the things throughout life that influence out political beliefs. Where someone grows up, what kind of family they grow up with, what kind of role religion plays in their life and their level of education can affect their political ideas. The way someone feels towards or looks at politics can also be influenced by their family’s political views, their economic class, and the generation they grew up in.

For me, conversations with close friends, books, drugs and music were the key factors in shaping my worldview, morals and politics. In other words, my political consciousness was raised through social and cultural experiences, both collective and individual.

Politics affect the lives of every single American, yet the US voter turnout rate is only roughly 55 percent as of 2012 (Peters 1). As a country and population, Americans are constantly chastised for their low or otherwise inadequate political involvement. One can see, in reference to American politics, that there are three main ideas toward politics-- and there’s clearly a ranking within them. Americans take one of three stances toward politics: positive, neutral, and negative, in order of how helpful these views are to our political system.

Individuals relate to a political side for various reasons. Some build up a mental connection to their side, regularly from youth. Guardians powerfully affect whether youth way of life as a democrat or republican, in spite of the fact that it isn't generally

The procedure a individuals goes through to acquire political values and attitudes is known as political socialization. When observing an individual in the process of political socialization, there are a number of factors that influences the outcome. Family and friends are the primary agents that affect an individual who is developing their political socialization. Since family members are the first to influence ideologies for somebody, who is still developing and growing, they are able to have a direct impact on the development of person experiencing political socialization. While it is argued that family and friends are the primary agent, others have argued that the media may have a greater influence. By the reason of mass expansion of media

In our democratic system, the family has the strongest partisan attitudes. While a citizen is at school, citizenship and democratic norms are learned. We need these norms to better understand of what it means to be a active citizens, while living in a democracy. Some studies have shown that “open classroom” discussion lead to the youth to be more tolerant about issues (Socialization, 7). So, democracy does depend on citizen in school to be more knowledgeable. Being in college also lets someone be more open-minded. Another study showed the difference between youth’s attending college and youth’s not attending college. When it comes to registered to vote, liberal, 9/11 made them mistrust the government, attending a political rally, being involved in politics is an honor, approving abortion for any reason and allowing antireligionist to teach in college, we see people going to college on these issues with a higher score than people not in college (Socialization, Slide 12). Noncollege people scored high on disapproving Bush’s immigration policy, favoring school prayer and women are not suited for politics. According to this study, people in college like to be involved in politics, because it’s an honor for them to be in it. They also are more engaged in attending a politically rally as the results show. Therefore, as we go on through schooling, we gain more knowledge of politics. We also engage in political

Within this essay, I will be discussing political socialization, which is the process of how the next generation acquires their political orientation and how this process sways society left or right on the political bell curve. Even though families, schools, and peers do sculpt a person political belief, a more recent but astronomically powerful force to shape an individual political opinion would be the internet. As the internet allows for an individual to consume a mass amount of media whether informal or entertainment to be consumed and interpreted within just a couple of hours. Everyone cognition interprets a piece of media different, one person may see a comedic scene on the internet and may relate it to being funny and nothing else,

Political socialization is the process by which citizens crystalize political identities, values, and behavior that remain relatively persistent throughout life (Neundorf and Smets, 2017). While the belief that individuals gain much of their being from the influences around them has been around since the beginning of sociological insight, the theories surrounding socialization are more nuanced with age and evidence. Early life experiences are often considered the base for political identity, interest, efficacy, and ultimately political behaviors; however, there is much disagreement among scholars on how enduring these socializations factors are. To investigate how theories of political socialization have changed over time, studies from varied

The public’s perspectives on political issues may change as various circumstances happen every day. Nature around us influences the choices that we deliver and the perspectives that we as American nationals hold. In order to obtain those views and concluded on decisions is based on the values that we embrace. These values are originated from our upbringing, friends, family, and our life experiences that we, as individuals, face. Our principles then determine what we deem important or non-important and in a political sense can even tell us what party we identify ourselves.

American political parties are unique, because the only qualification is self-identification. Of course, several factors impact how an individual politically identifies themselves. These factors may include family life, childhood environment, etc. One major aspect is education level. How an individual’s education level impacts their political self-identification in the political spectrum is a well-researched topic. Education influences the binary decision to participate in politics, whether it be through voting or some other form of political activism. Education level also shapes an individual’s various policy positions. Most directly, education (specifically political literacy) affects how well they perceive the larger political landscape and where they fit into it.

There are many facets in life that can shape the uniqueness of an individual. One of those characteristics is an individual’s views on contemporary issues which can affect matters on a community, state, or even federal level. In regards to my stance on politics, I believe I have developed myself into a political person by being engaged with the local and federal legislation, because decisions made here can and do affect us—if not, at least someone close to us. When an election occurs—local, state, or federal—I can easily express my views by simply voting for the candidate who best reflects my beliefs. Then, depending on the winner, legislation can potentially be passed, favoring my views or my opponent’s.