Then we can see that some values and attitudes vary from class to class. For example, “Affluent people with greater education and financial security are also more tolerant or controversial behavior such as homosexuality” (Macionis, 2004, p. 259). In opposition to the working class which is “about one-third of the population” (Macionis, 2004, p. 258). The working class have more difficulties to attend college “working class people who grow up in an atmosphere of greater supervision …show more content…
258). Social standing linked with politics are obvious because people from lower social standing usually “tend to be economic liberals, favoring government social programs that benefit them, but hold more conversation views and social issues” (Macionis, 2004, p. 259). Then, higher income people, who are better served by the system, “are more likely to vote and to join political people, who are better served by the system, are more likely to vote and to join political organizations” (Macionis, 2004, p. 259). We can observe that each social class vote for what they need in life and because upper class have a different lifestyle than middle or poorer class, so their do not want the same