Thursday, September 11, 2008
In The News #2 (Family Influence on Politics)
I have not been nor ever really have followed politics for the election or anything of that sort. But, sometimes I do get stuck watching some campaign speeches on tv with my mom. She usually is the one to give me the update on what is going on, who's in the lead, what views they have, etc. Of course, since my mom is my source of information for politics than everything she tells me convinces me to agree with her views. If I were to be keeping up with the politics on my own and really knew what was going on then I probably wouldn't really need my mom to encourage me to vote for whomever. As of right now, my family completely 100% influence their views on politics towards me.
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I think your experience is probably very close to most people before they reach voting age. And at least your mother is giving views after having watched the speeches; plenty of people don't think it necessary to follow politics to have political opinions.
The fact that many people get their initial political views from their family might actually help explain why families come under such scrutiny in the political process.
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