Why Americans Hate Politics
When I hear the word “politics” I cringe and really try to avoid any situation where that topic may come up. Today it has become a topic to be avoided at all costs in conversation with those you live with, work with, or are friends with. It can very easily ruin friendships, create hostile tensions in the work place, or break up marriages. What is the cause of this? That is a very good question and can have many different answers for many different people.
Personally, I am not very involved with the political campaign process or even politics in general. Although, if I feel strongly enough about something I will stand up and fight for that topic and politics just happen to not be one of those topics. However my roommate is quite the opposite and I enjoy getting him fired up about politics and the presidential race because he knows I do not care nearly as much as he does. After talking about this assignment to my roommate and seeing what his thoughts and opinions were I started to pay closer attention to some of the things he said. The more I would watch the news or get online to surf the web the more I noticed how much political analysts, news anchors, and writers really do influence the general population. Their opinions are everywhere and you cannot go a single day without reading or hearing something about politics. I really believe that people are very easily influenced today by what they hear and read. It is almost as if whatever the news anchors say on TV or what the newspapers write is the absolute truth. People do not take what they hear with a grain of salt and often times the networks and newspapers are skewed because of the political ties or affiliations they have to either party. Another huge problem that I have noticed is that many young Americans do not vote or even refuse to vote. I think this is due to the fact that they do not feel their vote matters, and also I feel that people do not trust politicians. While doing some extra
Personally, I am not very involved with the political campaign process or even politics in general. Although, if I feel strongly enough about something I will stand up and fight for that topic and politics just happen to not be one of those topics. However my roommate is quite the opposite and I enjoy getting him fired up about politics and the presidential race because he knows I do not care nearly as much as he does. After talking about this assignment to my roommate and seeing what his thoughts and opinions were I started to pay closer attention to some of the things he said. The more I would watch the news or get online to surf the web the more I noticed how much political analysts, news anchors, and writers really do influence the general population. Their opinions are everywhere and you cannot go a single day without reading or hearing something about politics. I really believe that people are very easily influenced today by what they hear and read. It is almost as if whatever the news anchors say on TV or what the newspapers write is the absolute truth. People do not take what they hear with a grain of salt and often times the networks and newspapers are skewed because of the political ties or affiliations they have to either party. Another huge problem that I have noticed is that many young Americans do not vote or even refuse to vote. I think this is due to the fact that they do not feel their vote matters, and also I feel that people do not trust politicians. While doing some extra
Bibliography: Bennet, Stephen E. "Why Young Americans Hate Politics, and What We Should Do about It." Political Science and Politics 30 (1997): 47-53.