Political Socialization Patterns

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I see politics in our country dividing us as a society more and more every day. People are born into political communities and are raised to believe a certain political view or a specific bias all because they’re raised in a certain area. Someone’s religion, ethnicity, and social status all have effects on where people fall on the political spectrum. For me personally, I’m not really sure which one of the factors I mentioned played a significant roll in my development because I don’t fully consider myself a Republican or Democrat. I adopt views from both parties that I consider to be accurate and correct. To best understand where my political views came from than I must look at my earliest political experience that made an impact on my life, when I started to develop strong views, and when my political views evolved to where I am now.
Its often considered that ignorance is bliss and being a child you are nothing but ignorant to the worlds violence and political system. You don’t have the ability to understand what politically is transpiring around you. Knowing that now I wonder what kind of father would ever want to expose his children to the world’s political scrutiny. My father was one of the people who felt I should be politically active at a young age. He as a parent had a huge impact on my Political Socialization (Ward, 2010). He felt I should have an understanding of what is happening politically now so in the future I can understand why something is happening. So as a child my dad would take us to political rallies that at the time I had no idea where political. My most early memory of going to a political event was a strike by UPS workers in Greenville. My dad belonged to the UPS union and the union was arguing for somet...

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