Political Beliefs and Behaviors
- How are political beliefs formed?
It is formed when teens reach an age around 16 and have a substantial vary of vocab, and through socialization and other different social groups. It begins with political knowledge of what is currently going on in the nation. Then, it goes to the "self-intrest principle" that states people choose what ever benefits them. When it comes to specific issues, "issue framing" comes into play and political leaders, journalist, and policy researchers create bias frames.
- How do political beliefs evolve?
They evolve after the early agents of socialization and continuing socialization, such as education, income, region, race and ethnicity, and that individuals socioeconomic status, religion and gender.
- Know the process by which political beliefs are transmitted?
Most political beliefs are "passed" on by family. But there are other ways of "passing down" beliefs, such as: school;by teaching american themes and ways early on and community and peers; by what party or beliefs dominate that area or people. It mainly comes down to what is around you.
- Know why U.S. citizens hold certain beliefs about politics.
- How do families, schools, and the media act to perpetuate or change political beliefs?
By the shear contact with that individual's political beliefs and how each factor is in or controls a part of that individual's life. Familys and schools create an individual's beliefs first by installing a base of American sense such as the pledge of alligance and for familys by the passing down of the parent's beliefs.
- Understand the ways in which political culture affects and informs political participation.
The pre-installed political sense affects political participation from that family or school or area. Media affects it positively due to the convenience of the participation. For example, the two popular forms of participation: Conventional and Unconventional. These are the main ways one can take part or not at all .
- Understand why individuals engage in various forms of political participation and how that participation may
affect the political system.
Individuals engage in the two main forms of participation if they choose to. When it comes to conventional participation, it refers to common or "normal" ways of supporting your party. On the other hand, Unconventional methods are ways that challenge or defies the "main way" of supporting a party. (protests, riots, etc.)
- What leads citizens to differ from one another in their political beliefs and behaviors and the political
consequences of these differences? (should focus on the demographic features of the American population
and the different views that people hold of the political process)
For this we refer back to the self-intrest principle to explain the venture of citizens and their beliefs. Typically, different demographics sought out partys or beliefs that support them and their own intrests. This can be because of religion to race to region or the even the area that individual lives by or the type of people there.
- What are the group differences in political beliefs and behavior?
Again that can be from any personal or influential factor at that individual's means or at their reach. Most differences are their intrests or religous beliefs that make all groups different.
- How do changes in political participation affect the political system?
They can be negative or positive, depending on what that topic is on, and which party turnouts are higher. Through conventional, a sudden higher turnout can sway votes to a radical end to the point at which it is unexpected. Through an unconventional way, it can become a negative connotation to which ever party is in that activity.
- What role is played by party organizations, PACs, and money generally in campaigns?
These organizations push campaigns and support those candidates. A candidate with more funders has a better chance of being known of, in contrast to an opposing candidate with little or no funding. They can help one party by having money to spend to "spy" or ruin other peoples' campaigns.
- What roles do the groups listed above play in the electoral process?
The main group that plays in the electoral process is the FECA organization. They all help by getting "the word out" of that president and their advertisements and promoting that candidate's campaign. They also give alittle sway to the individuals in the electoral process.