1) Which political party do you more closely associate with and why? Your choices include Republican, Democrat, Green Party, Libertarian, Communist – you don’t even have to stick with these if there is another one out there you identify with – just tell me why. After you take a stance on one of these, you are required to take the quiz at the link below. You may have done this in the past, but please do it again.
Take the quiz I Side With Political Quiz 2024 at IsidewithLinks to an external site..
Even if you are pretty sure of who you side with, it is fun (and required) to take because it will give you percentages of how much you agree with each party on certain issues and tell you which candidate is your best match. No one is 100% anything.
I cannot emphasize this enough, you must include, discuss and analyze your results in your paper. You should review the responses you gave to the questions asked in order to be able to address the following.
In the analysis, include your top three percentages and analyze and discuss the responses you gave that most likely led to you being identified with your top three. This should be at least two well developed paragraphs of questions and answers you provided that most likely led to you being identified with the top three ideologies in your results.
Next, choose the bottom two percentages and do the same. This should be a at least one well developed paragraph of questions and answers you provided that most likely led to you being identified with the bottom two ideologies in your results.
Finally, discuss some of the people or politicians the quiz said you aligned with and possible reasons why. Several students a year tell me what party they favor, but they do not develop this part of the paper sufficiently to earn all of the points in this section. The objective is for you to analyze the political ideology and your responses that led the quiz to identify you with a particular party.
2) Address the following points regarding your political ideology:
Who or what influenced that decision (examples may be a parent, teacher, friend, event)? Identify which of these are primary and which are secondary political socialization factors.
What other childhood influences impacted your political ideology or lack of political ideology?
Do you have friends or family that hold the opposite beliefs from you? If so, discuss these beliefs and the discussions you have. If not, why not?
Do you have debates with this person or do you only talk to people who agree with you? If so, why?
A paper that simply states that no one influenced their results will not receive as much credit as one that analyzes their own beliefs and discusses you shaped their thinking.
This could even be an opposite stance from the person that shaped your ideology.
Watch the video Political SocializationLinks to an external site. to help you in drafting this part of the paper.
3) Evaluate the Citizens UnitedLinks to an external site. decision. Why might the Court have considered campaign contributions a form of speech? Would the Founders have agreed with this decision? Why or why not? Develop at least two solid paragraphs on this part of the paper.
