Political Affiliation As A Role Identity

As society rapidly changes with an influx of new ideas and issues, studying the college educated and those who are not will help evaluate behaviors and attitudes towards the government, ultimately, clearing the way to adaption into a modern society that perhaps offer remedies of educational and voting discrepancies or even close the gaps between political ideology or identification. Hence, this paper proposes the research question: How does education level influence political party identification.

After learning about the different sides and actually understanding their views I can see more clearly now how I seem to identify with both parties. When we took the quiz in the beginning of the unit, I had really no idea about the difference between a Republican and Democrat besides that one was more conservative and other was more liberal not even knowing the differences between the political ideologies and the political parties. When I talk about politics with people, I feel that knowing where I stand on the political spectrum will be helpful to me because I will be able to make more educated statements and viewpoints to others within this

Party identification describes the way an individual identifies a certain political party. This is determined by the political party that the individual usually supports. In the United States, political parties are divided into three parts: the party as the Government, which refers to party members holding political office, party as an organization, which includes leaders, committees and activist who work diligently to promote the party and its candidates, and party as the electorates, who are the citizens that support the party. According to Farrel and Webb, political parties exist primarily for their elective function. A political party is an organization of people possessing similar political opinions and aspirations with the capacity to recommend candidates for public office through elections to ensure majority of the nominated candidates get elected. However, it is one thing for a candidate to be nominated by a political party and quite another for the candidate to identify with the party.

After researching the beliefs of the two presidential parties in greater detail, I have come to the conclusion that I share more qualities and beliefs with that of a democrat versus a republican because of foreign aid, gun control, and immigration policies. I am convinced that these three issues have helped me further the process in choosing a side because I tend to have more of a liberalistic view, rather than a conservationist view. I’ve realized that I want change for the benefit of the greater good, rather than for the individual. I also believe that since our society is evolving, our country’s views must build new ideals in order to continue what the country values most, peace and freedom.

Political ideology is defined as a certain set of ideals and principles of a person that explain how society should work, and offers some political and cultural plan for social order. Specific opinions and ideals on different subjects are lumped together, which creates groups of people with similar political ideologies called political parties. People feel differently about different issues and those beliefs range from liberal to conservative. Overall, I consider myself a moderate, which is in between liberal and conservative. I feel that I am a moderate because on some issues I agree with a liberal point of view, while on others I agree with a conservative point of view.

Also, knowing what party a candidate represents will tell you their moral values, and his or her views on rights and equality. To illustrate, if you are for things such as, equal marriage opportunities, pro-choice or raising taxes for the poor, you may lean move towards the Democratic Party. If you are against same sex marriage, pro-life and for decreasing taxes, you may lean more toward the Repulican Party. You may even choose a Green Party, if you for more econimic and environmental solution, or if you feel like you dod not have a specific Party that represents all of you beliefs, you may choose to be an Independent, someone who is not affiliated to any Political Party. Thus, Knowing what Political affiliation you are for can help you choose the candidate right for

Identity is determined by how individuals perceive themselves, how society perceives them, and how they view themselves in Society. Indeed, individual identities can be affected by different holds including community and pressure to conform to the various societal institutions such as school or work environments. Additionally, life balances in schools or work as well as propaganda can influence how an individual’s identity can be modeled. Other mundane aspects including purchase tendencies and instant gratification are influential in the formation of identities. Besides these influential societal aspects that model individual identities, there exist social ills that further play a role in the formation of identities. In fact, a social ill, problem, or conflict fundamentally refers to a matter that influences and simultaneously faces opposition from a sizeable number of the individual members of society. More often than not, a social problem involves societal issues that make it hard for individuals to achieve their full potential. Some of the prominent examples of social ills include unemployment, poverty, malnutrition, inequality, and racism. However, other usual societal aspects such as schooling, social control, conformity and social resistance also influence the formation of identities. Accordingly, social ills shape individuals by being embedded into their societal

I have chosen to analyze the topics of trust and politics through the United States Citizenship, Involvement (CID) Survey. The paper is composed of four segments; theories and hypotheses, data and methods, findings and discussion. I will be exploring further how one’s ability to trust other individuals and their frequency in watching news programs about politics and current events plays a role in trust in Congress. The topic of trust in Congress is worth exploring to identify factors that encourage and/or discourage individuals from trusting government institutions. Moreover, trust in government institutions may affect people’s choices in deciding to vote, joining political groups, enlisting in the

Daughter, student, journalist, sister, Catholic, middle-class -- that 's just scratching the surface of what my identity is. As author Barbara Ryan points out, I know I don 't have a single identity and I know it is not fixed, but I wasn 't quite sure of what "identity politics" was. Thankfully, Ryan did a great job of explaining how our identities, as well as how we perceive other 's identities, or how we allow for people 's identities to affect the way we act think of and act toward them, can affect social movements. People 's identities can also lead to the fragmentation of people of a social movement who might have a common goal. Reading this introduction and now better understanding how identities can aid in the buffering of people

The purpose of this research was to establish an existing correlation between social class and political views. This study is a combination of research showing that class does in fact carry influence on political views. In order for the field of sociology to stay flourishing, it is vital that we research new ideas and variables often and see how they relate to one another. It is sociologically relevant because it has not been extensively researched on its own, this is one of the first studies in which the two variables were linked to be examined. I found many sociological articles that addressed either one or the other, but I set out to research information that would connect them both. This study will prove that there is in fact an existing correlation between subjective class identification and political views.

The objectives of the research project had a variety of aims. One was to “understand the voting decisions of the national electorate in the manner that transcends some of the specific elements of historical circumstance.” Within the primary motive for their research, they wished to find the political impact of identification with social class and to find out the voters preferences based on psychological determinants.

I find these articles to be very interesting and informative, because these topics were discussed last year in the Master’s program. It is great to see how some of these topics have been handled. It also seems our political parties have turned into a racial divide, and I find it appalling to think so many people have this mindset. I am a so call minority, but I am a Republican. I have the same values of a conservative and do not feel it’s our governments responsibility to take care of every issue.

In recent years, identity has been open to discussion and reflection. One's identity has now been subject to change. There are still major cultural categories of identity, for example:

Often challenges fail to make sufficiently clear their object of critique, using “identity politics” as a blanket description that invokes a range of tacit political failings (as discussed in Bickford 1997). From a contemporary perspective, some early identity claims by political activists certainly seem naive, totalizing. However, the public rhetoric of identity politics served useful and empowering purposes for some, even while it sometimes belied the philosophical complexity of any claim to a shared experience or common group characteristics.

Growing up in a very conservative household within an increasingly liberal society, I've had difficulty identifying my own political beliefs. I’ve been taught to pick a side: the left or right. That mindset has always left me torn and confused, but I have discovered that I don’t want to choose. I am a moderate. For me, politics is about my own values and my own ideologies, not whether my values are specifically conservative or liberal. I have a more liberal view on issues such as same-sex marriage, the death penalty, and abortion. And I have more conservative views on taxes, the free market system, and welfare. What I believe should not be swayed by trying to affiliate myself with a particular political party. I don’t fit perfectly into the