Political Views

Level of Education - High School

Family income - Comfortable

Region of U.S. - Texas, Houston

Racial group - White

Religion (views of the Bible) - Christain

Sex - Male

I believe with the following categories above my opinion with politics could be influenced. I am currently in high school so I am not an adult yet. Being an adult can drastically change your opinions in politics. I believe education plays a huge impact on one's life. For example, a person who has graduated from law school and a person who didn't go to high more than likely have different opinions. The subject of wealth can go both ways in terms of political views. I would put my self at a comfortable income level. When it came to the charts I was very shocked to see the results in correspondence to income. The first thing that comes to my mind with income is taxes. The way I see it is people with large income want less tax and people with less income want more or maybe less depending on how much they rely on government programs. The next topic is your region. Where you live is very important to your political influence. If you were to grow up in California you will probably be influenced the political views around you and lean left. One section that can be difficult to describe is politics within a race. A topic constantly brought up is that people of a certain ethnicity feel that they need government support. I believe it is not right to categorize race for opnions but if we do you will see that the minorities are the ones in favor of government acceptance. One of the most important topics I believe is religion. Religion plays a huge rule in the way people vote and form opinions. This can be seen in things such as gay marriage and abortions. Finally, we have gender. Gender is another popular topic, epically in the workplace with things such as minimum wage and job acceptance. Gender also can influence taste in political leaders. In the end, all of these categories add up into what makes an opinionated individual.




(One of my personal opinions is that we live in a very self-centered society so whatever is in are the best interest is where we tend to lean. On the other hand, there are many people who want what's good for everyone.)

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