FAMILY
• Strongest
• Correlation between parent’s party affiliation and child’s party affiliation
• Less of a correlation on civil liberties and racial issues
• Fairly equal influence of mother and father
• When parents differ, child tends to associate w/beliefs of parent with whom he/she more closely identifies
• Strongest
• Correlation between parent’s party affiliation and child’s party affiliation
• Less of a correlation on civil liberties and racial issues
• Fairly equal influence of mother and father
• When parents differ, child tends to associate w/beliefs of parent with whom he/she more closely identifies
SCHOOLS
• Convey basic values (e.g., civic duty, patriotism)
• Convey basic values (e.g., civic duty, patriotism)
RELIGION
o Evangelicals, especially, are most conservative on social issue
o Greater acceptance of Catholics, greater inclusion into mainstream of society, and increasing importance of various social issues (abortion, gay rights) >> greater degree of conservatism o Becoming race-related
(Hispanic Catholics voted 67/26 D; White Catholics voted 60/27 R in 2016).
- Protestant
o Evangelicals, especially, are most conservative on social issue
- Catholic
o Greater acceptance of Catholics, greater inclusion into mainstream of society, and increasing importance of various social issues (abortion, gay rights) >> greater degree of conservatism o Becoming race-related
(Hispanic Catholics voted 67/26 D; White Catholics voted 60/27 R in 2016).
- Jewish
MASS MEDIA
• Wide exposure to papers, Internet, movies, TV
Media provides link between individuals and values/behavior of others
• In 2000 attention was directed to problems of voting systems, Electoral College
• Wide exposure to papers, Internet, movies, TV
Media provides link between individuals and values/behavior of others
• In 2000 attention was directed to problems of voting systems, Electoral College