Political Socialization And Framing

In democracy, public opinion is very important for politicians because citizens are the ones who elect their office representatives, at the same time citizens have to act together to solve collective action problems. Polls express citizens’ public opinion that government pays attention and mobilize their campaigns around these opinions. However, a person has a combination of different beliefs, feelings and behavior about politics based on information and knowledge that has been acquired throughout different sources. Also, how consistent and strong are these attitudes vary by person. In addition, at individual level opinion on certain issues, evaluations of candidates, campaigns, and parties are based on five different factors. Two of these main factors are Political Socialization and Framing. Political socialization starts early in life, but it continues during adulthood, and it changed based on direct or indirect experiences. Framing can affect citizens’ opinions about politics, which …show more content…
However, personal experiences do not dominate or completely shape their political opinions. Citizens can only achieve political goals only throughout collective actions because government tends to pay attention to the majority. For example, during the great depression, Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal helped a large amount of people. Roosevelt planned series of domestic programs to end the depression. It tried to recover the nation’s economy, to relieve the unemployed people, and to reform the financial system. The New Deal was one of the causes of the realignment, it influenced many people to change their political parties and support the Democratic Party. This event has influenced indirectly political views for generations. Families’ point of view and believes influenced the younger generations, as well as politicians, the media, historians, famous people or interpreter