The duty of a responsible citizen in America begins with developing some sort of political vision and opinion. . Living in American democracy it is important for a person to know their preference when it comes to the two major political parties. There are people out there who like the idea of not caring about politics or believe in something other than the two main political parties. Regardless of what you believe, there is always reasoning behind your beliefs. According to Janda, the six characteristics that primarily determine a person's political preference are education, income, region, ethnicity/race, religion, and gender. Born in India, raised in America, an engineer by profession is my aunt who is a citizen of the United States by naturalization. Being a citizen of the United States, she has her own personal preference on which political party she is affiliated with. Education is one thing that no one can take away from you. Janda states that “people with a lower level of education are more likely to support abortion restrictions, while people with a higher level of education are more likely to view abortion as a matter of a woman's choice. From this statement it can be said that the more education you have, the more open your views are on abortion. Not only that, you might also come to the conclusion that by being less pro-abortion, you might be a somewhat conservative thinker. This proved right and wrong in the case of an engineer who was interviewed for his position on the political party. Her belief was that being a woman there are infinite things you could face in life, so she supported abortion. The surprising factor is that, faced with the choice between social order and personal freedom... at the center of the card... female voters voted for Barack Obama, while only 49% of male voters did so. John McCain received the support of 43% of female voters and 48% of male voters. This also did not turn out to be true as expected as his beliefs were more leaning towards the conservative side. Regardless of a person's education, income, region, ethnicity/race, religion, and gender, it makes sense to say that the general idea of all these characteristics may match, however they do not match in all cases. Needless to say, in many cases the comparison between Janda's point of view and this aunt's beliefs was exactly the opposite. So the classification of a person's beliefs can vary from person to person. Janda may have general ideas about what the “ideal” beliefs and views are although one can never be exact due to difference in opinions.
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