Political Influence In America

In America, we have the choice to choose our own views and there are various political socializations that are taken into account to determine one’s political views. Knowledge on political is based on three types of authority sources. According to the Danzinger, the three types are specific authority, personal thought, and science (2013, Danzinger). The first type of influence is specific authority and this included family members, teachers, peers, or a famous person. Young people are more typically to live influenced by the people around them for their political views. Family is a huge influence since children grow up listening to their parents and cherishing their advice and when it comes to politics they continue to follow their parents or families’ political values including the political party. …show more content…
All throughout school students are taught to listen to the teach and follow what teach. When a teacher is discussing politics the students can take the information they hear personality and choose their values based on what is learned at school. The next political influence are friends and peers. Friends are normally chosen by mutual interested and lifestyles choices and people tend to follow opinions that friends influence them in. Especially the younger generation might not have a strong political values and a friend can have authority in their decision. Lastly for specify authority sources is the influence of a