Personal Political Beliefs

Finding myself on the political spectrum was rather easy. I would classify myself a centrist or moderate. My views do not completely align with either major ideology and on major issues I'm split between the liberal and conservative sides. One thing that both liberal and conservative ideologies believe in is Democracy. I believe that we must protect democracy at all costs. The rights that democracy affords us a citizens of the United States are unique and require the upmost respect. I hold the liberal view that the government should protect the public safety. I believe the government is responsible to protect its people and act in the publics best interests. Therefore, I also hold the views that gun control and protection of the environment must be enacted and legislated to protect the public. I believe in equal opportunity and access because if you aren't playing on the same starting field how are you expected to move up and succeed. I hold the conservative

From the road that we drive on to the air that we breath, every aspect of our life is influenced through politics-positive or negative. Majority of people that i know claim that they are not political, but it is safe to say that it is impossible to not be political, being that we are “by nature political animal(s)”.

There are a variety of ways our ideas are shaped and influenced as we change and grow older with age. We form our own views and beliefs with all the information we receive throughout our lives. It shapes our political views on issues based on what we were taught to believe. We as people aren’t born with political ideas and we certainly don’t create them. The process we learn them through is called political socialization. As early as our childhood and throughout our lives we are exposed to various agents for political socialization. Some agents tend to have a greater impact and effect on our personal beliefs than others. Agents for political socialization that I have observed in my life are my family, education, religion, and other secondary

How much does socioeconomics really impact a person’s partisanship and does this change over time? When it comes to an individual’s political identity what is that based on? An individual directs their attention to the political party that best serves their needs and is a close representation of what they believe in. An individual would not vote for a political candidate that does not fit their correct political mold. Every person identifies differently politically and this could change over time depending on what the respective parties bring to the table. There are many factors that can make up an individual’s party identification. For example, this could be engraved in what the parties are actually projecting to be the common

Quite often, people are eager to proclaim whether they are a democrat or a republican, yet many of these people use these political terms because they have been told to, rather than actually resonating with the beliefs of said political party. Preferably, voters should research issues most important to them and figure out their own stances, then commit to the political party with the most similar viewpoint by examining the party’s platform from a reliable source. Political parties are voluntary, organized groups of people with similar political aims and opinions who work to influence public policy through their candidate running and hopefully being elected to public office. The Democratic Party was founded in 1828 and is known for their support

It’s an understatement to say our ideology shapes the way we live our lives every day. It affects the way we view and react to different people. Ideology is a set of beliefs that affects our outlook on the entire world. Most of the time ideology refers to a set of political beliefs or a set of ideas that relate to religious views. In a simpler meaning, ideology means having a views or opinions based on your ideas of that thing.

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.

Where do you see the greatest differences between you and your district? How might these differences produce contrasting political perspectives (If it’s helpful, feel free to use example issues like taxation, immigration, abortion, voter ID laws, etc.)? (3 pts)

The slogan “the personal is political” reflects the second wave feminism, where women began to strive to obtain more than just freedom. Women of this era were suffering from the ideals that women should just “stay in the kitchen” or take care of the husband/ family. This all changed as more women began to seek the same equality as males in the work force. One example we see of “personal is political” is during the 1960’s when Women’s job at home began to change. This was called the second shift, as many women found that home was another work place, but with no.

A lot of things have played a role in my personal political socialization. Political ideology is the places where you have informed your beliefs from. The first example of where I get my personal political socialization is from my family. Second I have influence from my location in the U.S.A. Finally I get influence from Narragansett High School which is the school I currently attend. That is where I received my personal political socialization from.

A political ideology mainly has to do with how to allocate power and to what ends it should be used. Usually all ideology includes certain ideas on what it considers to be the best form of government and the unsurpassed lucrative system, for example, capitalism, conservatism, socialism, etc. The people of a certain culture determine the type of elections to be held due to the type of political ideology and their type of government. Political ideologies have two promotions which are how society should operate or be well thought-out and the most suitable way to attain this goal.

The change from partisan to personal electoral politics is usually associated to changes in the political environment that increased the growth of individual politicians’ aspects and weakened traditional party organizations. This means that candidate-centered politics have raised in the past years causing changes in the role of political parties. These changes can be attributed to campaign advertising technologies such as the popularity of television, the replacement of patronage with civil service employment, and the rise in personal assets available to elected officials for constituency service. These factors influenced voters to see parties as increasingly insignificant, and party attachments have dropped.

In my life I have never had any political enforcement or strict religious influence. My parents were very lenient when it came too political preaching. I was taught to be a caring and respectful individual. My political understanding and beliefs have been molded from my early political memories and socialization experiences. As a young adult I have always strived to become knowledgeable about political ideals mainly because I was never really taught to believe in something specific. I eventually was drawn towards many different social and political perspectives, which is how I came to a logical conclusion of how I view the world politically

     Upon entering my first semester at Southern Nazarene University I could not have told you my political ideology. I knew what my opinions, observations, expectations, and ideals were, but did not know the proper ideology that would define them. Through several courses that I have taken, I have become more informed as to the role that I would like to see the government take throughout society as a whole and in the economy. Upon reading the section of ideology in American Government and Politics Today: the Essentials I learned that the correct term for my ideology is right-wing Conservatism. I would like to see the government take action if necessary in the economy, yet let

One aspect of my life that has shaped my political views is my religious background. I grew up in a Baptist family, and used to go to church regularly. As I got older, I started going to church less and less because the things my pastor said made me feel very uncomfortable. At the time, I did not understand why I felt so uncomfortable and it was not until I got older that I realized why I felt the way I did. Majority of the time, my pastor said things that had sexist and homophobic undertones. Despite being in a holy place, I spent the duration of my time as a member of the church feeling disconnected from everything, which eventually led to me breaking ties with the church completely.