Impact of Political Ideology on American Public Policy

Political ideology effects political behavior and influences public policy in America. The European and American parties have many differences and only a few things that they have in common. Public opinion has always been big in the United States of America; it has always affected our democratic system. Public opinions can either be very positive towards our democratic system or very negative towards our democratic system. Family has always played a big role in the political socialization of today’s youth. It determines how you think an act against politics. There are many other factors that appear to be associated with having the high or low political participation. Public opinions have always affected every political part of our country.
Political ideology is a set of beliefs, morals, or theories that are held and/or believed by an individual. The beliefs and personal outlooks that an individual has about governmental issues that are taking place in political parties. People can be labeled as being liberal, which means part of the Democratic Party, or labeled as conservatives which means part of the Republican Party. Democrats are determined and want to get stuff done in a timely

Voting participation is one of the most common controversies in today’s society. Thom File of the Young Adult Voting: An Analysis of Presidential Elections, 1964-2012 states that, “Voting rates, which represent the number of voters relative to a given population or subpopulation, have varied across recent election cycles with the general outcome being that voting rates increase with age. In every presidential election since 1964, young voters between the ages of 18 through 24 have consis-tently voted at lower rates than all other age groups, although young-adult voting rates have fluctuated from one election to another (Young Adult Voting: An Analysis of Presidential Elections,