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School has influenced my political views the most because that's where students can show their views and influence other kids.

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People we surround ourselves with, such as our family, raise us to think the same way they do, but when we begin to think for ourselves, we either depart from or strengthen their ideas. In many ways my parents have influenced my political views because they are vocal about many matters and have strong views on some of them.

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I think in general, my community(friends, family, people I grew up around) has shaped my political beliefs because thats what I was exposed to growing up, and as I began to be able to make my own decisions and form my own opinions and realized that I, for the most part, agree with what I was taught.

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My family helped me realize I'm more democratic than anything. My school has educated me to know why i would be a democrat and why i want to be one.

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my parents, friends and social media have shaped my views since im around them so much and hear about things

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My parents helped shape my political views because they are vocal about a lot of issues and their opinions on some issues many of the time were my first introduction to those issues. For example them being pro-choice and vocal about it helped me form that stance on abortion.

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Harrison- My parents have definitely shaped my views growing up because I always thought what they believed was "right".

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Harrison- My parents have definitely shaped my views growing up because I always thought what they believed was "right".

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The 2020 election has shaped by views on politics because I started realizing how much politics actually effects me and other people and how important it is to be informed with all the fake news spreading at that time. I really felt the political tension at that time with all these people really mobilizing against Trump and the republican policies and how much the country had changed for the worse in the 4 short years since Trump had taken office.

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How school shaped my political views - Zack

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How school shaped my political views - Zack

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From a young age, in 4th grade, my class was frequently discussing important issues such as LGBTQ+ rights, the military, school shootings, racism and discrimination. Being part of that class was the best 10 months of my life, and apparently all my classmates agreed with me, and my 4th grade teacher looped up to 5th grade with us, which made for another year of fun and excitement, along with important discussions. I credit those two years as the most influential on my current political views. Thank you for everything, Gary!

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My parents shaped my political views because I grew up my whole life with them and they taught me everything, that I still use today and they share their views that they want me to agree with them.

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Seeing how people get treated and how everyone is different has shaped my view because i see how some people have more privileges then others as others work hard but it's not the same because of what certain people think.

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I would say that current events have shaped my views drastically because they have made me more aware and knowledgeable about what's going on in our world, heavily impacting my political stance.

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My parents have certainly shaped my political views because since I grew up in their household, their ideals were all that I really knew for a while, and having been with them for so long and continuing to be, their ideas and stances on politics have naturally been imposed on me, such as police brutality being an issue and racism and inequality being prevalent.

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I feel that living in Brooklyn has effected my views a lot, because most people, especially where I live, people often have the same views meaning I would usually hear the same political views a lot.

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I would say that media has shaped my views because I think I often develop opinions based on others and just alter them slightly. I would also say that it has helped me become more skeptical because I feel like some shows on Tv are so slanted that they just don't become funny or good anymore which helps me realize how politics can get in the way of entertainment.

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In particular, current social or political events have shaped my views. For example when Covid-19 started inputting proper mandates, I understood what to believe by doing the norm, I could sort of sense that one specific political party would have certain beliefs on the pandemic and another party would have another.

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I think my school and my environment shaped my views because I know that all of my teachers are democrats and believe very strongly in democratic beliefs. This in turn has also influenced me to believe the same. I also think my environment has influenced me greatly because I live right inside a city, so I have been exposed to many cultures and ideas that has made me more open minded and thus liberal. I remember the day Biden was formerly elected as president and everyone was cheering in the streets; this really enforced my beliefs and made me proud to be a democrat because everyone else was too and we had won something.

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The internet and social media have greatly affected my views on just about everything but mainly my view on social justice. Being able to talk to so many people and get so many different perspectives have changed me a lot and I know I have become much more accepting and care a lot more about social justice after meeting people who I will in all likelyhood never see in person. But they still influenced me so much.

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Seeing extremists talk about anarchy, fascism, communism, and other extreme systems made me realize that I am definitely not an extremist and I believe in more moderate (but still leftist) ideologies and laws

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My friends and social media has influenced me so much and shifted my views so much, at first my family shaped my views but as a grew up i didnt listen to there views as much and made my own ideas for what i should think.

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I would say that my parents were the main influence on my political views growing up, but living in a very democratic society has also taken a toll on my political opinions. Also, social media has not changed my views but has made me more aware and shaped the importance of politics in our world today, especially because of the pandemic.

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I think my family has shaped muy political views because although my mother is progressive liberal my brother and dad are leftist so that kind of influenced me. My mother's side also has a histor of communism. But also my environment because I live in a city which means it tends to have more progressive social beliefs. an example would be free healthcare for everyone and more public infrasuscture

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My parents shaped my political views because i grew up witnessing their beliefs, so i just decided to believe what they believed.

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5th-grade5th grade teacher, Ms.Sophie; I really disliked her, but when she cried because of trump being elected, it made me realize that women were not being treated as equals.  it made me want to stand up for young girls and women experiencing explicit behavior or just plainly understating women's abilities. 

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5th-grade5th grade teacher, Ms.Sophie; I really disliked her, but when she cried because of trump being elected, it made me realize that women were not being treated as equals.  it made me want to stand up for young girls and women experiencing explicit behavior or just plainly understating women's abilities. 

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probaly my parents and just looking at the news and seeing whats happening in the world

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I guess the media has shaped my political views seeing different events occur on the news or conflicts and see how politicians react and if I agree with them or not

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I guess the media has shaped my political views seeing different events occur on the news or conflicts and see how politicians react and if I agree with them or not

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My parents and the community has shaped my political views because they have solid opinions in where they stand politically. I would agree with my mother's opinion about police brutality and how it is getting out of control especially if that amount of violence isn't needed.

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I feel I shaped my own political views , ever since i came out , it made me more democratic when it comes to situations that has to do with the LBGTQ community #alphabetmafia

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The internet has helped me shape my political views because i found that democrats believe the government should be more active on society which i agree with.

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My parents have always shaped my views the most since I've always been around them, most of the time agreeing with them. I always thought that most of what they say is true since they were older than me but growing up I can see some flaws in some of their ideas. Although they may be wrong sometimes, they still have shaped my political view.

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My parents have shaped my views on democrats and republicans because of the way that they took care of me. My parents react to things and solve problems the same way a democrat would. they tell me what is good to do and what is not good to do. my school has also shaped my political views because it is a very democratic school with a lot of democratic opinions.

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Emerson Chura-Parsons: How my social environmet has impacted my political veiws

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Emerson Chura-Parsons: How my social environmet has impacted my political veiws

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Socializing with people who have similar political beliefs to my own, has largely encouraged me to continue exploring ideas and educating myself. I also think, to put it more simply, being around people that are educated, makes me want to be more educated.

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Living in Brookyln has affected my political views because unlike a lot of other cities in the world New York is very diverse and also very democratic.

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My family have shaped my political views mostly by siding with the democrats, although they would also consider themselves liberal because most of the time, they feel as if the democrats don't always make the right decisions. I also listen to the news every morning and get my information from CBSN, and when I listen on, I consider what they have told us, the evidence, video tapes, etc. I believe that because of the news and family, its helped me lean more to the liberal side of a democrat.

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My parents and community have most shaped my political views because I'm not very political so I sort of just follow what my parents do when it comes to politics and also the same for my community.

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In 3rd or 4th grade my father and I started watching a german kids news show called logo from ZDF. This news was show was unbiased and helped me build and discuss my beliefs from a very young age.

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My parents have shaped my political views because I get a lot of information from them, things like the news, and it's possible that they can be biased more towards one side specifically more democratic and I agree with them. unless I do more research on a specific topic, I wont know the other side.

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Where I'm from has changed my political views alot on what party i identify with because most of the people around me are democratic it influences me to do the same. Where you're from kinda determands what you see as right and wrong in the political world so I may see the same situation differently as someone from Texas fro example

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My aunt helped me shape my views a lot because I would say that we completely disagree on almost all of them, but I have to spend a good amount of time with her which always starts controversial conversations, and it helps me realize that I'm far more democratic and liberal then anything else.

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Emmet Kaye - Being a part of the LGBTQIA+ community

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Emmet Kaye - Being a part of the LGBTQIA+ community

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Being a part of the LGBTQIA+ community has made me more democratic because if republicans generally believe that same-sex marriage should not be allowed, than I disagree with that republican belief because I am not straight.

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My parents have been very influential on my political views since I have grown to hold dear to certain values and beliefs so in that way my parents have shaped my views

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My parents have mostly shaped my views because since I was little my parents educated me on issues important to them and taught me the values I have that are left views but if I had grown up being taught more conservative views I might have those values, so my parents shaped which things I believed in for my whole life.

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My parents have shaped my views the most because they've shaped how I look at everything around me and have educated me on the different political parties/have helped me figure out where I stand politcally. They've especially helped me understand more about climate change and what the government is doing in response to climate change which has helped make me passionate about the climate and what we can do to help it.

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I took a class in college with a political science professor named Juan Lindau, who taught us about how America's War on Drugs does not successfully reduce illegal drug use and in fact just makes things worse. Juan's class made me really passionate about drug policy reform and criminal justice reform, and later influenced me to work on marijuana legalization in Colorado.