Essay Government

Political Ideology Paper- Write a three page, double spaced paper in which you explain

the factors that impacted the development of your political ideology. Pay close attention

to race, religion and socio-economic status. You may include other factors such as

gender and region, that the book also mentions. The purpose of this assignment is to

get you to think critically about how your political ideology developed. You could begin

with a discussion of what you should be, Republican or Democrat, according to the

statistics mentioned in the book (i.e. Latino, Catholic, from a working class

family...probably a Democrat), then discuss whether or not you are consistent with the

statistics. Why or why not? A paper that merely talks about your political beliefs without

an explanation of how they came about and relate to who you are, is NOT what the

assignment is asking for