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Political Participation Essay
American political parties are unique, because the only qualification is self–identification. Of course, several factors impact how an individual
politically identifies themselves. These factors may include family life, childhood environment, etc. One major aspect is education level. How an
individual's education level impacts their political self–identification in the political spectrum is a well–researched topic. Education influences the
binary decision to participate in politics, whether it be through voting or some other form of political activism. Education level also shapes an
individual's various policy positions. Most directly, education (specifically political literacy) affects how well they perceive the larger political
landscape and where they fit into it.
Education and Political Participation
Adam Berzinsky and Gabriel Lenz tried to study education as a cause for political participation in their article "Education and Political
Participation: Exploring the Causal Link". They compared levels of political participation among men who avoided...show more content...
Hillygus analyzed whether the polarization in Washington, DC was representative of the American public in "The Nature of Political
Ideology in the Contemporary Electorate". They did this by focusing on responses to 23 questions from the 2000 American National Election
Study that reflect a variety of politically relevant issues (Treier and Hillygus 684). This way, they could see how well a person's policy
positions correlated to their ideological identification. These questions covered both economic and social issues, so they were able to look at
economic/social policy positions as independent of each other (Treier and Hillygus 686). While many political scientists agree that economic and
social issues are separate issue areas, this mindset is not reflected in America's two–party system. This could potentially muzzle voters whose
economic and social policy positions do not line up with the same
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Political Participation Essay

  • 1. Political Participation Essay American political parties are unique, because the only qualification is self–identification. Of course, several factors impact how an individual politically identifies themselves. These factors may include family life, childhood environment, etc. One major aspect is education level. How an individual's education level impacts their political self–identification in the political spectrum is a well–researched topic. Education influences the binary decision to participate in politics, whether it be through voting or some other form of political activism. Education level also shapes an individual's various policy positions. Most directly, education (specifically political literacy) affects how well they perceive the larger political landscape and where they fit into it. Education and Political Participation Adam Berzinsky and Gabriel Lenz tried to study education as a cause for political participation in their article "Education and Political Participation: Exploring the Causal Link". They compared levels of political participation among men who avoided...show more content... Hillygus analyzed whether the polarization in Washington, DC was representative of the American public in "The Nature of Political Ideology in the Contemporary Electorate". They did this by focusing on responses to 23 questions from the 2000 American National Election Study that reflect a variety of politically relevant issues (Treier and Hillygus 684). This way, they could see how well a person's policy positions correlated to their ideological identification. These questions covered both economic and social issues, so they were able to look at economic/social policy positions as independent of each other (Treier and Hillygus 686). While many political scientists agree that economic and social issues are separate issue areas, this mindset is not reflected in America's two–party system. This could potentially muzzle voters whose economic and social policy positions do not line up with the same Get more content on HelpWriting.net