Essay On Political Socialization

In this political study, the formation of public opinion in the political sphere will be defined through “political socialization” and the “agents of political socialization.” Personally, I will define how my concept of “middle class” politics has been nurtured in my political beliefs through my family and environment. My “self-interests” are based on my father’s view of the middle class as an important part of American life, which has inspired him to traditionally vote for the Democratic Party. My father and I believe that the middle class is a good “buffer” between the lower and the upper classes, which provides stability in the political sphere. Therefore, my political agents are typically found in my father’s beliefs and those of the Democratic Party. In essence, I will describe the formation of political opinion through the socialization process and the agents that have guided me towards a leftward leaning political view in the Democratic Party. The socialization process is an important tool for understanding how political opinions are formed in society. Political socialization is formed through the values and beliefs that are found in any given environment, which include the self-interests of the …show more content…
In some ways, I disagree with my father on some of the concepts of democracy in the United States (some of them seem ideological), but I understand the “agents” of family and educational institutions that influenced my beliefs . These are important aspects of the formation of public opinion that have been defined through the concepts of “political socialization” and the “agents” of political socialization in the Democratic Party ideology. My father and the school system were major influences on the beliefs that I developed as a young person, which I still follow in adult