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Political Socialization A person is fed information throughout their life from various outside influences, this is how one forms values, views and opinions, and from this, one shapes their political views based on what they believe or have been taught to believe. There are many factors that come into play when these views are formed, some are very apparent (historical events) and others while apparent, have a latent effect (gender, race, socio-economic status etc). The …

…them. I feel strongly on many issues, abortion, education, foreign/domestic policy, welfare and most recently civil unions, however I try to understand both sides, not agree but understand. I do think that I could be far more educated in the realm of politics, but I think that I am off to a good start, and can hold my own in conversations concerning many of the issues that are currently in the limelight. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**