Who Has the Biggest Impact on Your Political Point of View?

by GMR Posted 2012/05/09 17:29:57

Related Topics: High School, Student, College, Facebook, School, students, Poll, Life, Future, Starting Over, The Future

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	Parents	363 votes	42%
	Friends	181 votes	21%
	Teachers	88 votes	10%
	Media	208 votes	24%
	Celebrities	25 votes	3%

It's about that time of year, when high school graduates prepare for the next phase in their lives: College. For many students, it's an uncertain and unpredictable stage. They're starting over in a big way, but know it will be more uplifting and exciting than the transition into high school. College is that ephemeral life-limbo where Facebook started, where "Animal House" took place, and where you (supposedly) decide what to do for the rest of your life.

Whether you're going into college, went to college "back in the day," or are hoping to go at some point in the future, take our 6-question Quick Poll when you get the chance and let us know what your experience was like, or how you expect it to play out.

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stevegtexas@aol.com 2012/05/12 15:32:22

Media

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Media, and the ability to make my, "own choices" without being peer pressured. Its the best way to do it. http://external.ak.fbcdn.net/...
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StevenRoberts 2012/05/14 01:31:42
goinpostal 2012/05/14 00:46:28

Parents

But we could have different opinions and disagree on issues same with my children.Everyone speaks their mine

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the_old_coach 2012/05/13 23:42:21

Friends

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I actually believe it's a person's own life experience, which includes all of the influences you list here.

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juice 2012/05/13 23:32:44

Parents

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Parents need to take control at a very young age and talk to kids about Politics, especially if you are a Republican because schools do indoctrinate kids to lean to Socialism....it makes me sick to my stomach!

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The Elitist Libtard SodaJerk 2012/05/13 21:58:54

Teachers

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I went with teachers because what I believe is directly correlated with what I know. And my Teachers were the one's who taught me to find out as much as you can about a topic before you make up your mind about it. My parents taught me more about how to respectfully engage in debate. My parents were staunch conservatives, at least up until we got a conservative county executive.

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RoyJLores 2012/05/13 20:47:08

Media

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Where is the internet option? At first yes Parents do influence political views but once you begin to inform yourself you decide on your own what your political preferences are and whether they are Pro-liberty or Pro-Statism. I'm Pro Liberty myself but I also know that a whole lot of people that are terrified of individual liberty because it means self responsibility and they need a Big Daddy/Brother Government telling them what to think, say and do.

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HannahIsHaunted 2012/05/13 20:25:26

Parents

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No one.

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Depsycho 2012/05/13 20:21:50

Media

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I'd say media more than parents. Really, it's a more effective way to get messages across, even if it's just a shirt or banner.

There's a lot my mom and I disagree on politically. I'll listen to her views and she mine, but neither have changed one another's.

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Sean McDonald 2012/05/13 20:21:39

Media

The Candidates

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PrettieReptar 2012/05/13 18:45:28

Teachers

College & College professors.

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Picasso's Cat 2012/05/13 16:28:11 (edited)

Parents

Nope, not my parents, but you did not have a logical choice of other, or the real answer, which is ""ME"".
That's right, "I" am the biggest impact on my political point of view.
Unlike most Americans who vote for someone based upon what their political advertisements say, or how famous they are in a field that has nothing to do with government of the people.
Well like it is now!

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dandieselonian 2012/05/13 14:57:04

Parents

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My father showed me that its all smoke and mirrows , he was in big government and knew how everything was about agendas for re-election .

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Valerie© 2012/05/13 14:56:15

Parents

Parents, definitely. The way they raised me is why I am the way I am today.

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Mel the Witch POTL PWCM~JLA 2012/05/13 13:15:22

Friends

Celebrities? Most are Mental Midgets, hardly good for anything other than what they are doing now...

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relic 2012/05/13 11:56:49

Media

Media only in the most negative sort of way. Did it occur to you that we can think for ourself and do our own research instead of 'trusting' something/someone else to do it for us?

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some idiot who thinks he kn... 2012/05/13 08:40:52

Teachers

Myself. I chose teachers because, in retrospect, it was actually mentors who kind of had an impact on my point of view.

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angelbaby 2012/05/13 07:36:20

Friends

+1
None of the above... I did this all by myself! Lol

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Watermusicranger 2012/05/13 06:15:19

Friends

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In reality, I listen the these three guys.....

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Ben~ Libertarian Socialist 2012/05/13 05:44:05

Friends

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For me none of the above. Both my parents are conservative but both of us kids are very liberal. I think what influenced us are just researching things and formatting an opinion on your own.

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Katfish 2012/05/13 03:44:22

Parents

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When my Father lost the farm I grew up on I realized that debt means that you dont really own anything.
Debt and monetary policy are the roots of public policy errors and most significantly influence my political views.

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strawberry 2012/05/13 03:05:29

Parents

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Parents have tremendous impact. If parents are very conservative one is likely to become a conservative adult. On the other hand the opposite can happen. We could have liberal or conservative parents who cause us to go in a different direction by learning from their mistaken beliefs.

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Gracie - Proud Conservative 2012/05/13 02:51:00

Parents

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None of the above...reading and studying history has.

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Fef to Gracie ... 2012/05/13 07:10:39

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often despite what teachers try to jam in our heads

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Gracie ... to Fef 2012/05/13 12:21:59

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I was lucky enough to go to school when George Washington was still our national hero. I've also been smart enough to learn my history from historians interested in the TRUTH!

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JimmyIIX 2012/05/13 01:34:49

Teachers

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Although I was not given my option. None of them, I find information out on my own. And form my own opinion. Don't get me wrong I listen to my family and friends. However I only try to pull fact from what they are saying.

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Orangedragan 2012/05/13 01:11:43

Parents

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I feel like this question is rather pointless. When I was a kid, naturally I took what my parents said into account, but my mother is a social liberal and my father is a fiscal conservative. So I had two very differing opinions that I heard on a regular basis. But never once did they say "This is what's right," as far as politics went, only gave me their opinions. Now I make my own decisions based on what I hear and see, as free from outside influence as possible.

Anyone who really allows any of the other choices on the list to influence them in any major way shape or form has a bigger problem going on. Namely, the inability to think for themselves.

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mark 2012/05/13 00:42:57

Media

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Really , NONE OF THE ABOVE. Just give me the facts. I'll make up my own mind.

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lonePatriot67 2012/05/13 00:24:24

Parents

+1
rally none of the above

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Paddington Frisk 2012/05/12 23:52:26
jackolantyrn356 2012/05/12 23:39:39

Media

+2
my political beliefs are based in the Bible

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Padding... to jackola... 2012/05/12 23:53:50
TheBorg to Padding... 2012/05/13 00:10:09

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Glad yours are based on something closer to reality.

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Padding... to TheBorg 2012/05/13 00:11:29
TheBorg to Padding... 2012/05/13 03:57:54 (edited)

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I may switch who has the biggest impact on my political point of view from the flying spaghetti monster to Jules Verne.

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Padding... to TheBorg 2012/05/13 14:59:01
strawberry to Padding... 2012/05/13 03:08:29

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LOL!!

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Linda 2012/05/12 23:26:19

Media

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In listening to both sides through the media, you just get a broader view. So the biggest impact would be me with the help of the media.

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RoseyRhod 2012/05/12 22:25:39

Media

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I make up my own mind about the issues, which I hear/read about via the media.

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alex 2012/05/12 22:18:27

Media

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more like my own opinion. people may call me a liberal, i dont know nor care about the labels, i just know i try to be a fair,sensable person. no need to corrupt it with societys view of the correct way to go about politics. how about just doing the right thing? we need to go back to what our founding fathers were doing, cause this selfish society were living in now is NOT working out.

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JohnT 2012/05/12 21:56:31

Media

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Should have had none of the above. I like to evaluate things myself, don't listen to the pundits, or any of those listed.

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