How does family influence your political socialization?

Political socialization occurs in many ways: Family: Young children usually spend far more time with their families than with anyone else and thus tend to acquire the family's habits, beliefs, behaviors, and attitudes. read more

What research suggests is that each of these agents plays an important role in shaping our political identities, but it is the family that appears to trump the others. Indeed, the greatest amount of influence in the political socialization process occurs within the family, and the most long-lasting influence of the family is party affiliation. read more

The family's central role in forming the individ ual's political personality derives from its role as the main source and locus for the satisfaction of all his basic, innate needs. The child therefore tends to identify with his parents and to adopt their outlook toward the political system. read more

Some political scientists believe that our attitudes about issues are grounded in our political values. Agents of Political Socialization Family, school, peers and mass media are the most important. other factors are religion, race and ethnicity, gender, age, the region where you live and political events. read more