Mastery Project by Tyler Bustamante, Armando Gonzalez, Savannah Anderson
1.)Explain the core American beliefs, values, and norms that define the relationship between citizens and government and citizens with each other. Todays relationship between citizen and government is not very strong. The people do have the option to follow the news of the government, and the government gives the people the chance to be involved. The people only listen, and criticize the biggest problem that the media shows about the government.
2.)Evaluate the influence of various factors in political attitudes and socialization. There are many influence factors in today’s society. First
there are the parents who play a big role on influencing their children while growing up and shaping values that they will carry on later in life. then there is
the media who also play an important role by broadcasting information about specific events that occur in daily life. after that there’s school that can
influence a kid on his political thoughts by continuously opening the mind of children in order for them to form their own opinions on specific subjects like eithics, race, education, etc. 3.)Evaluate the impact that public opinion and scientific polling have on elections and policy debates. Public opinion and scientific polling has helped predict the outcomes of elections. With public opinions political candidates can see what the public thinks of them, and can change their policies to persuade the public opinion in their favor. Scientific polling is information released by the media from political scientist that have gathered information about political candidates and have placed if they could win, and inform the public on the candidate’s position. 4.)Analyze the relationship between 21st century globalization and American political, social and cultural values. Because of the United States more countries in the world have become a democracy. The U.S. has great influence in other countries not only with democracy but other countries have copied and have their own version of our constution. However, other countries have not copied our culture, and have not been able to have as successful a democracy as ours. 5.)Analyze how political culture influences the formation, goals, and implementation of public policy. Todays political parties are based off of our culture, and have changed with our culture. Each political party has different views on different topics, and each person has their own views and takes on how public policies should be taken. With the many different views there is a lot of arguing and there is a lot of delays when it come to legislation. Liberal views (mostly democractic) have become more popular and so they influence and gain the support of younger generations. These help form goals of the democratic party to be more open-minded and better accepting of change. Conservative views (mostly republican) serve the opposite; they are structured towards a closed-mind agenda and view the world/Constitution in the way they believe the writers first envisioned it. These make goals toward more closed-off views better for the Republican party. 6.)Compare how political ideologies vary on the role of government in regulating the marketplace. Republicans and Democrats have different views on how to run the economy. Republicans don't want the government to be involved in the bussines market, they are laissez faire when it comes to bussines. Democrats are the opposite of Republicans when it involves bussines in the market place. They want the government to regulate the market and have more control of what is being regulated. 7.)Compare how political ideologies vary with regard to the role of government in addressing social issues. Ideologies have a huge influence involving social issues, one candidate's stance on a social issue can determin if people will vote for them or not. Because everybody has different views on different social issues congressmen are unable to get much legislation done because they are all arguing over different rullings, bills, and laws. 8.)Summarize the voting rights protections in the Constitution and in legislation. It is not stated in the Constitution that you have to vote, everyone is given the right to vote but they are not forced to vote. There are laws in each state that allow you to vote for anyone (open voting), and in other state you are only allowed to vote for people of the same party that you are register for (closed voting) in primary and general elections. Everyone has the right to vote privately (though means are not necessarily provided), and may only vote within a certain time constraint. 9.)Analyze the roles that individual choice and state laws play in voter turnout in elections. The people have the right to vote, but it is not mandatory for them to vote. Because of want for voter turn out, some states will cite incentives to draw out voters. These incentives vary according to state, and are not necessarily present nor required. Individuals have the right to a private vote and, if the voting doesn't have to be with the party, may vote against their party for laws or candidates that fit closer to their wants and needs. 10.)Analyze U.S. voter turnout and compare it with that in other democracies. In the U.S. voting is a right that is given to the people, while in other countries people had to fight for the right to vote. Because voting is a priviledged right, and because of the electoral college process voters in the U.S. don't feel that their votes count and that there is no reason to vote. As for other countries that have had to fight to the right to vote, they jump on the opertunites and the rights that they fought for. 11.)Explain the factors that influence voter choices. The media is a big influence in todays voter choice. With the use of the media, news networks can record and anlayze statements that political candidates have stated, and argue about what they said and influence the people's point of view. People can aslo view political debates and can see who they want to vote for. The first televised debate is a prime example of how viewing political debates can influence a voters choice, peopel who viewed the debate wanted to vote for John F Kenndey, as for people who listened to the debate on the radio sided with Richerd Nixon. 12.)Compare different models of voting behavior. There are different types of voting behavior. There are people who vote only for their party, then there are people who vote for people with the same ideology. Some people believe that their vote doesn't matter, so they don't vote. This is called political ethicacy, because the people who feel their votes don't matter, don't express their views and so they don't get heard on important topics. Those who feel their views are important are more likely to not only be older, but be more conservative as well and wish to influence American politics.