Sitting in class and looking at Trump, Clinton, and Sanders and I think to myself “Whom do I even want to vote for? Maybe I should not vote this year.” As I continue discussing with my inner voice, I confuse myself even more. Being exposed to politics in this class a tad more than before, has aroused confusion in my decision-making and which political party I belong to. As a child, I remember cheering for the Democratic presidential candidates, when their speeches aired on television. Maybe I was a Democrat only because my parents are Democrats. What better way to analyze my parents’ influence on my political views, than doing my own research and discovering new political ideas? In Erika Patterson’s article, “Do Children Just Take Their Parents' …show more content…
The book: Political Character of Adolescence, specifically in the chapter: Political Knowledge, explains correlations by the usage of statistics. Kent Jennings, in his book, Political Character of Adolescence: The Influence of Families and Schools, confirms that girls of homogeneous families are the children that grow up to be more like their parents, than boys. This is only when one parent reports a party difference and the other does not. In this case, the boys’ perspectives about political parties become independent of their parents’ views. Based on the “Student Reports of Party Differences by Parent Reports,” the similarity between a student and his or her parent increases as the student moves up the education ladder. When the head of household has received some grade school or less for education, views of students and parents are independent (-.01). When they have received a high school diploma or have some high school education, correlations are more positive but still small (.10 and .08). Continually, when the head of the household is college-educated, similarity between child-parents is moderate (.17). By observing this, it is clear that perspectives on politics are most learned by children when their parents are highly politicized. Visibly, children, whose parents are more educated, are highly likely to think like their parents, politically. For instance, my older Armenian cousins’ parents are Republicans and they want Trump to win the presidential race. Their parents are educated, one has a master’s degree and the other has a bachelor’s degree. Their political views are strongly conservative and the fact that Trump is the presumptive nominee is a celebration for them. They raised two children who are now adults with their own political views. They adopted their parents’ political views. This is how political views are
It is seen that as political awareness increases, cultural division increases. Since 1972, the gap between Democrats and Republicans has doubled in 2004. Although this mass polarization is only seen within a minority of voters that happen to be college-educated, Marc Hetherington of Vanderbilt says “people with the greatest ability to assimilate new information, those with more formal education, are most affected by elite polarization”. The growth in polarization is noticeable because throughout the years the need for higher education has grown; no longer is a high school diploma enough. The younger generations are striving for college diplomas, which leads to more political agitation. It has been seen that affluence is out weighted by postgraduate education. American society is in a cultural war within itself since polarization has seeped down into the public. There is believed to be political differences that cannot be solved and this makes it hard for elected officials to solve problems they were elected to solve. There is a constant stand still with issues in America due to the high amount of polarization in this
The views of my parents were the first experiences that I had relating to politics, and they helped shape the political opinions and beliefs that I hold today. In this paper, I will be discussing the political party I identify with, as well as which interest groups have influenced my life and beliefs the most. I will also discuss specific policies that I support, and what we as Americans can and cannot do because of the laws passed by the political party that I support. I will also touch on my personal level of interest and involvement in my political party.
Today's society, as a whole, tends to view young people as indifferent and blasé about the world around them. However, students feel that they are tuned out by politics. According to the responses to the survey I gave, college students feel that the issues addresses do not pertain to them, and are not relevant to their lives. Issues such as Medicare, and what to do about social security are not a concern of young people and their lives right now.
Scholars have assumed for centuries that people vote based on their household voting or because of the numerous civic classes that he or she had to sit through during school. But this view has finally started to change and develop as the disciplines of psychology and science have grown. Studies are expanding on political orientation and beliefs by looking at genes as a primary influence on political engagement as opposed to just the environment. Resulting findings show that genetic variation plays important role in explaining variation in political behavior (Edsall, 2013).
I’ve only recently became interested in politics, after taking civics and economics in my sophomore year of high school in the 2010-2011 school year. Even then, I still didn’t have a footprint set in the political world, I just grasped more and more knowledge from teachers and peers. While my first political experience, didn’t actually have anything to do with actual governing peoples, Chavaun vividly remembers former president Bill Clinton’s time in office. This is when she really grasped on to politics and learned that her opinion really matters. At this time, I was too young to vote and didn’t really understand how politics worked; I still do not fully understand it. I first said my earliest political memory is when I was in civics and economics, however that’s when I first learned about it. I would now say that my first political memory was when I joined the National History Scholars Society my junior year; I kind of understood politics more and was in charge of several mock elections and also worked at the polls. While I was not old enough to actually vote, I did take part in mock elections and read about several of the candidates and had the opportunity to speak with people of different backgrounds and political
I think that my own political views were formed much the way everyone else's were. My parents taught me about the differences between democrats and republicans, what the president does and even about the legislative branch, mainly based around their own views, but always with quite a bit of objectivity. I grew up on a fairly free rein, my parents encouraged individuality and self reliance, so I really learned to think about things on my own and figure out how I felt about them. Another interesting factor in my upbringing is that I grew up without television, so when I wanted to know what was going on I read the newspaper. The school that I went to was fairly progressive and the teacher that I had for Social Studies taught us a lot about both our local and federal governments.
Although not all early socialization is dangerous, one could hopefully see how it is important to assess certain political and religious views in order to change them for the better and promote the welfare of our country as a whole. Examining our preconceived notions about the world around us helps to determine what may be helpful or harmful in advancing as a nation. In order to achieve maximum impact as valuable citizens, voters and consumers in our society it is important to be engaged and well informed on critical, up to date news and politics in our environments and to not solely rely on the words, beliefs or ideals of those close to us.
The American population’s view on political issues is constantly changing as different circumstances arise each day. There are two sides of the political spectrum that people tend to fall between: liberal and conservative. In order to accurately place oneself on this political spectrum, an individual should be socially aware and always gaining insight on the latest political policies and how they came to be. This is called “political socialization”. Political socialization has three main agents-- family, education, and environment. These three agents have influenced me to fall more toward the liberal side of the political spectrum. I have experienced the instabilities of a single-parent household, the insufficiencies of public schools, and
I come from a VERY apolitical family, so much so that neither of my parents are even registered to vote. As you can imagine, my passion for government doesn’t stem from my parent’s dedication to a political party or candidate and my interest in the subject is relatively new. I had always been fascinated with American History and current events, but prior to the 2016 election I had been out of touch with the government and so politically illiterate that I don’t even like to think about it. Since then, I have done just about everything that I can to educate myself on every aspect of the government, from attending Virginia Girls State to dedicating 30 hours a week during the summer to help get my candidate elected, but I think that the
Study 1. To find a potential relation between the beliefs of a person and the beliefs of that persons’ peers, participants will fill out a political beliefs survey
Are students properly informed in political areas? The question abounds while adults worry about weather students will vote for political views or weather they just agree with Bruce Springsteen. Astin says that “A democracy works only to the extent that the voter is well informed”(Astin 97). Astin believes that the only way to have a properly functioning democracy is to have informed voters. This is the question of the day, why people vote, weather its for actual political views or for the sole purpose of agreeing with someone else.
Family can influence the political party that people belong to. Family can also influence the way in which a person does or does not vote. If a family has traditionally voted democratic, chances are that the children will vote the same way. There is an emotional attachment to the way in which a family has voted, and that affects the way the new voter will vote. In part, people vote the way their family has because they do not want to be different then their family, there is also the fear of letting their family down. On the other side of the coin, the new voter could go totally against his or her family.
Many young people think they have the knowledge they need in order to vote. Some of them do. Kids nowadays have there eyes on elections more than ever. In the age of social media teens see everything that's going on in this country. Some kids pay better attention to elections and other news because they’re constantly on social media and see stuff everyday. Social media
Why some people send their aging parents to a nursing home? The answer is that some people do not want to take care of their elderly parents and some people think nursing home care gives the elderly a better care. Most people believe that taking care of aging parents is their children’s responsibility. In different countries of the world, people live according to their own cultural values. They have the right to express their own opinion .Some people believe that children should take care of their aging parents; others think children should not take care of their aging parents. I strongly agree that children should take care of their aging parents for some reasons.
Political socialization is a universal process that is largely an uncontrolled and uncontrollable. All societies must find a way of passing on skills needed for people to perform political roles, varying from voting at an election to governing a country. Political socialization serves to replicate the status quo and as a result, political culture becomes a stabilizing force, providing a major barrier against planned change. Although the bulk of political socialization occurs during childhood, adults continue to be socialized. The process of political socialization is carried out through specific agents that can be divided into two groups; primary and secondary. Primary agents are informal and unstructured, whereas secondary agents are formal and organized. These agents teach us about their political opinions and the workings of the political system. The primary agents of political socialization are the family and the peer group. “Political scientists have long shown that family socialization is closely related to voting preference. Persons are very likely to vote for the party of their parents to the degree that both parents live together, vote and talk about politics”. (“politics in the Caribbean, voting behavior”, nd.) The family plays a major role as an agent for political socialization, because it has the earliest