Personal Reflection

There are many factors that can influence a personals values and beliefs these factors include Religion, Region, Gender, Family and Race. All of these have definitely influenced my values and beliefs. The one that has influenced my values and beliefs the most has to gave been religion. I was raised catholic; I went to church every Sunday and even went to Catholic school for 9 years. Even though I don't believe everything I did a couple of years ago I still hold many of those values and beliefs that they did including their liberal view on multiple issues like minimum wage but I hold their conservative view on issues like Abortion, I am definitely against abortion! 

Religion is not the only thing that has influenced my beliefs and values, my family has a great deal too. Sometimes my dad and I will have discussions about controversial issues such a gay marriage, he supports it as do I. We also talk about other issues such as health care and food stamps, most of my controversial views had been influenced by my family, especially my dad sonde he is really interested in these topics. Both of my parents support different parties so unlike most kids my party identification was not influenced by them. 

I was born in North Carolina but my whole entire family is from the Philidelphia- New Jersey area, which is still on the east coast. People on either coast tend to be more liberal than those in the middle of the country and on many issues I do have a more liberal view. The "Solid South" refers to the south's tendency to vote for democrats, I feel as if even though I am from the south I do not fit in with this democrat trend because of my norther roots (To be honest I don't even know which party I really identify with.) 

Most Women identify with Democrats and like I said I don't know which party I really identify with yet but the reason most women identify with Democrats is because they more strongly support "women's issues" such as equal work, equal pay and equal women's rights: polls also show that women feel more strongly about issues such as education and health care, and I certainly agree with women on all of things so that's how my gender has influenced my political culture. 

Race plays a big role in political culture too, my race is Caucasian, whites, especially southerners are more conservative, this is not the case for me. I honestly feel like my race has played the smallest part in influences my political beliefs I don't believe what the typical "white person" does. I am not really conservative or republican.