Voting Booths: The Role Of Politics In The United States

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Prior to this past April, politics had not ever peaked my interest. However, in April I turned 18, making me a legal voter in the United States. Naturally and subsequently, I made the decision to begin looking into the world of politics. With the television at my disposal, I began using it as a source of better understanding the type of political culture I am living in. Every country offers its unique set of values and part of those values is what makes up the political culture. The political culture reflects what the people of the nation want from their political leaders. In the United States, people are faced with critical choices about the future of the country when they go into a voting booth. When going into voting booths, we have been

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