Political Changes In America
Justin Steagall
8 November 2012
AP US Government and Politics
Mr. Soroka
The United States of America
The United States of America has continued to grow and change since it was founded. America’s political culture seen through a non american’s eyes is connected politically,socially, and economically. The political culture is brought together by these three categories, which starts off politically. To be blunt, if America did not have politics, then there would be no political culture. America is mainly divided up by two political parties. The Democrats and the Republicans. This country is able to have these political parties due to their precedent government system. The United States of America is a republic, which means power is shared between the national government and the state government, This government system gives the citizens of America the power to have a say in government affairs and politics even if they do not hold a position in the government. This power is what connects the political culture socially. …show more content…
The citizens of this country have many ways to exercise this power, but the main way they do it is by voting.
American citizens have the power to vote for people in local government positions, such as a mayor of a city, but they also have the power to vote for higher positions, like the president of the country. Now more than ever America is socially connected. This is due to television, the internet, and cell phones. When it comes to election time, which actually just passed, politicians have a wider variety of ways to reach the citizens, whether it is with new stations like CNN, tv commercials, or social networks on the internet like Facebook and Twitter. This makes it hard for citizens to ignore politicians, which was rather easy in the past when such technology was not available. One thing that has always influenced people and politics is
money. Politics affect economics, which is why economics completes the political culture of America along with politics and society. They can either hurt the economy or help it. It all depends on the actions of the politicians. The economic state and what to do about it is one of the main reasons why America has more than one political party. America has a large national debt, which was one of the main debate topics in the election that just passed. The different opinions on how to deal with the debt is one reason why this nation is divided.
The different opinions of the political culture in America is why the country is divided, but it is also those same differences that makes America what it is. However, no matter how divided the country is, people will always be able to look at the political culture separate into the three categories of economics, society, and politics and make their own opinion about this country and its political culture.
8 November 2012
AP US Government and Politics
Mr. Soroka
The United States of America
The United States of America has continued to grow and change since it was founded. America’s political culture seen through a non american’s eyes is connected politically,socially, and economically. The political culture is brought together by these three categories, which starts off politically. To be blunt, if America did not have politics, then there would be no political culture. America is mainly divided up by two political parties. The Democrats and the Republicans. This country is able to have these political parties due to their precedent government system. The United States of America is a republic, which means power is shared between the national government and the state government, This government system gives the citizens of America the power to have a say in government affairs and politics even if they do not hold a position in the government. This power is what connects the political culture socially. …show more content…
The citizens of this country have many ways to exercise this power, but the main way they do it is by voting.
American citizens have the power to vote for people in local government positions, such as a mayor of a city, but they also have the power to vote for higher positions, like the president of the country. Now more than ever America is socially connected. This is due to television, the internet, and cell phones. When it comes to election time, which actually just passed, politicians have a wider variety of ways to reach the citizens, whether it is with new stations like CNN, tv commercials, or social networks on the internet like Facebook and Twitter. This makes it hard for citizens to ignore politicians, which was rather easy in the past when such technology was not available. One thing that has always influenced people and politics is
money. Politics affect economics, which is why economics completes the political culture of America along with politics and society. They can either hurt the economy or help it. It all depends on the actions of the politicians. The economic state and what to do about it is one of the main reasons why America has more than one political party. America has a large national debt, which was one of the main debate topics in the election that just passed. The different opinions on how to deal with the debt is one reason why this nation is divided.
The different opinions of the political culture in America is why the country is divided, but it is also those same differences that makes America what it is. However, no matter how divided the country is, people will always be able to look at the political culture separate into the three categories of economics, society, and politics and make their own opinion about this country and its political culture.