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    My Political Socialization My political standpoints are influenced countless factors throughout my life; political socialization is “the process by which people acquire political beliefs and values” (CITATION 119). However, I would consider myself to be ignorant towards most political news or issues happening in the United States or in the world. I would not consider myself to be a liberal, democrat, conservative, or republican; I would declare myself as independent; CITATION. I believe that there

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    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

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    Political socialisation is the process towards the individual learns and starts to grasp the political and social system in which he is a part of and he has to deal with. (Greenberg, 1970, pp. 3-4) Some scholars have been theorized two approaches to the theory of political socialisation: Primacy and Recency approach. In this essay I will look into the two approaches and the factors which influence people political orientation such as religion, gender and race. Then I will focus on my personal political

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    Political Socialization Georgia is the nation’s number one producer of the three Ps: peanuts, pecans, and peaches. This home-grown Georgia peach was produced in the suburbs just North of Atlanta and South of the chicken coops in Alpharetta. Being a product of my environment, I could embody the stereotypes bestowed upon me at birth. However, I have yet to master following procedure and broadening your perspective to other cultures and ideas is more entertaining to me than sitting on a lumpy, sun-kissed

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    Political socialization is the procedure by which individuals shape their thoughts regarding legislative issues. It's the deep-rooted advancement of a man's political esteems. Even though most political socialization happens during youth, individuals keep on shaping their political values for the duration of their lives. A variety of components influence a person's political socialization. Individual variables, for example, your family, social and economic classes, education and friend gatherings

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    result, we take on characteristics of our family, friends, and associates in the hopes of “fitting in.” One of these social norms includes political affiliation. This concept of forming political ideas through friends, family, and other social constructs such as the education system and the media is called “political socialization.” Political socialization begins when we first learn of how our government works and can later help to form our own partisan orientation. This concept supposes

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    about it. I had learned about the concepts of political socialization, party identification, political tolerance, political trust, political efficacy in government class and how they affect my political beliefs. My personal political belief has been shaped into what it is today and is still being shaped because of those six concepts. Political socialization is the ongoing process in which we develop our political attitudes (Magleby

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    one will go through a process which will instill in one's mind how society should work and from then on forward they'll determine what they feel passionate about through situations which they will encounter. This process is known as political socialization and political ideology. In my life the factors which have influenced me greatly is the education system in which I grew up learning in, my family and mass media. Growing up, my family wasn't as connected through social media due to how busy and

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    born with political ideas, nor do we manufacture them We learn them through a process called political socialization. Beginning in early childhood and throughout our lives we are exposed to a variety of individuals and groups known as agents for political socialization. These individuals or groups teach us about their political opinions and the workings of the political system. Some of these agents have a greater impact on our independent personal beliefs than others. Agents for political socialization

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    The main task of political socialization is to shape an individual’s political orientation, attitudes, and behaviors so that they fit into a particular political system (Lee & Zhan, 1991). Existing literature assumes one’s most important political attitudes are shaped relatively early in life, and that they remain stable in subsequent phases of life (Quintelier & Hooghe, 2011). As political participation is a habit shaped early in life (Valentino, Gregorowicz & Groenendyk, 2009; Aldrich, Montgomery

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