Political Typology Analysis

There are different types of communities within academic disciplines. According to Ann M. Johns, “Discourse Communities and…”, each community serves a different purpose and has a specific goal intended for its readers. In this instance, academic communities depict that there are distinct fields that every individual chooses to be part of, and how each community has its own expectations and style of writing. The academic disciplines range from biology, political, science, history, and many more. In this paper, I will state the particular expectations that the political science community expects from its scholars within the political theory field. Also, how some political science writers use similar or different writing traits to get their message

Most of the people in America identify themselves as moderate or they do not know if they are conservative or liberal (Magleby 103). I would rank myself as a liberal on the seven-point-identification scale because from what I know of conservatives, their beliefs clash with mine. According to the political surveys that we took in government class, I am a strong liberal. I have always been against conservative views for as long as I can remember; my family, especially my very conservative cousin that mentioned earlier, did not like that I did not conform to certain roles and scolded me for it, thus, resulting in my resentment of conservatives and conservative views. As I grew older, I noticed that I had unconsciously leaned more towards conservative views as a child because I wanted to fit in and not be the outlier in my family; now though, I can clearly see the faulty logic that my family holds and that it is alright for me to have my own

I took three quizzes, the ‘Political Typology Quiz’, ‘The Political Party Test’ and the ‘I Side with Presidential Quiz’, to determine my own political identity. Each of the quizzes had a myriad of questions that ultimately resulted in a final result displaying my political standpoint. The first two quizzes resulted in a product of ‘Young Outsider’ and ‘Independent’, two identities that are not completely partial to neither of the two major groups, the conservatives nor liberals. Each considered politically neutral. The third quiz; however, stated that I shared various viewpoints with two major Democratic candidates, Hilary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. But, I still had a portion of my views in connection with Donald Trump and Ben Carson, two

What I found fascinating is when it came to economic issues I leaded towards republicans but when it came to social issues I was definitely the average democrat, overall I was considered a independent on, “Where Do You Fit? The Political Party Quiz” Which I think makes a lot of sense on the social side because there was a statement over abortion and I believe that in some cases it should be allowed for example if a woman is raped she should be able to have that choice if she would like to carry the baby. Another examples is adult choice I believe anyone should marry whomever he or she pleases why should the government stop you from loving who you want to love. I believe we live in a world today that is nothing as it was many centuries ago its time to let go of the past and focus on today. But then when it came to a statement that stated, “the government should help more needy people even if

Out of the five categories on the political spectrum line I place myself as a Republican. In my opinion being a Republican means to me that there should be a smaller government, the government should not be a big role in business and that we would prefer spending our tax money on infrastructure and the military . I believe that I am a Republican because I do not always want things in the government to change every day. I think that change is good but if something is working out good we should keep it and just build off of it, that is why I believe that I am a conservative. The three reasons/issues why I placed my self where I did was because I do not think that we should be spending a large amount of our tax money on social programs, I think that we need more security on our border and should be somewhat concentrating on legal and not illegal immigration, I do not think that we should punish success by taxing it , and lastly I believe that people should acknowledge that the police work hard and that I support the police and law but also think that they need to respect everyone's individual rights of people.

I have always been interested in politics, and I personally believe that every American citizen should participate in politics and have at least a basic knowledge about politics. The Pew typology quiz classified me as a Steadfast Conservative. I was not surprised at all to my classification. As a child growing up in a Conservative family, I was taught to love and have respect for my country, to support traditional American values, to believe that religion plays an important role in my life and to protect gun rights and support the U.S. military. Now as an adult, I still hold those same Conservative

     When this class initially began I was sure, without a doubt I was a conservative. As the semester progressed I discovered the reasons I was considered conservative. The town a person grows up in, financial status, social class, age, gender and the race of the individual have a strong influence on a individuals

The political spectrum is based off of a number line called a continuum that has five categories in which people may identify themselves as. The two most contributing factors to identifying where you stand is the amount of change that you are willing to experience within society and how much government involvement you would like to take place. On the far left are the Radicals. If someone labels themself as a radical due to being on the farthest left hand side of the political spectrum they would want rapid change. They may even act out violently to get their point across. Next working toward the right hand side are the Liberals. The political party of the Liberals is the Democratic party. Being labeled as a Liberal means you tend to support more government involvement. You would believe in gradual change when speaking of the political system itself. In

After taking two political quizzes, each quiz are clearly explaining which typology I was fitted in and the reason why I was in this party. The first one is political typology quiz, which is based on 23 questions that involved in different types of fields. The result I get from this quiz is “Next Generation Left”, which means the participant is young who experienced well education and the financial condition is enough for the living. Also the result mentioned the participant has very free attitudes to look at many issues, such as the same-sex marriage, the environment and foreign policy. Moreover, the result stated that these people support the activist government, and most of them are worried about the social safety net. Another consequence

I would say that this is quite an accurate representation of my political ideology. Despite not having all the same views as the majority of this group holds, I deeply align with many of them. For example, this group is slightly more conservative and leans toward the Republican party, but holds the opinions of both parties, which is an accurate assessment. I believe that I am mostly conservative, but I also hold a lot of mixed views espoused by both political parties. The Young outsiders are largely skeptical of activist government, which I believe to be true, which proves the quiz results accurate. Environmental and liberal social policies are also supported by this group, many of which I also support, once again, consistent with my results. This evidence proves that I am consistently aligned as a Young Outsider based upon my own personal views which agrees with the results of the typology

According to the “I Side With” quiz I am extremely liberal and 98% of my opinions align with Bernie Sanders. This was not a surprise. I’ve always known that my views are very left wing and Bernie Sanders is my favorite candidate. Some of my foreign policy opinions (such as decreasing military spending and closing Guantanamo Bay) aligned with Rand Paul which was surprising. I was not educated enough on some of the issues to answer them accurately, which is something that I need to work on.

However, most of the candidates running for office do not support my beliefs other than Bernie Sanders. As mentioned in class, Texas falls under the purple quadrant, which doesn't make me a “True Texan”. I am, however a strong believer in the belief of social and economic freedom for each person. I was not too surprised by what I received on the quiz. I had a feeling that I would receive libertarian, but not necessarily left libertarian. I can now consider myself a bit of a left libertarian. A left libertarian is someone who likes libertarianism primarily for its commitment to social freedoms. I support liberty and freedom in all walks of American life, but I am mainly concerned with social freedoms. I also believe that while it is important

     I didn’t feel that the questions in the quizzes favored one side, liberal or conservative, more than the other. After reading information about the two different classifications and taking these quizzes I do believe that they are

In the United States, people tend to put themselves into two categories; Republican or Democrat and, therefore, conservative or liberal. The typologies given by the Pew Research Center go beyond these two, basic ideologies by keeping typical conservative and liberal ideals intact, but admitting the mixed viewpoints of many Americans. As a registered independent, someone who does not define themselves with the two main parties, I was excited to see exactly where I fall on the political spectrum. What I found was not some profound pinpoint of where I stand, but more of a thinking point that pressured me to identify my typology on my own.

According to my test results, I am a Conservative. As the book says, “Conservatives believe in small government.” The text book also states that “Conservatives prefer a smaller role for government on economic issues but want to use government power to uphold cultural traditions.”