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Jani- the internet helped shape my political views 

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Jani- the internet helped shape my political views 

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During this past few years my knowledge on certain topics ( social change .ect) has expanded greatly. I had ideas before and the general working ground but with the internet help I was able to build layers.

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I was born and raised as an American citizen, and the first word that I can describe this world, is inequality. Several people live good lives, while other communities, families and innocent people have to work for what they have. Immigration is a major topic that influenced me to work hard. Several hispanics face this everyday but those who come to the US for a better living and mean it, deserve the most. My family influenced me to be a strong, and hardworking man, and it is only right to make those proud.

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Zelda - How Family Affected My Political Views

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Zelda - How Family Affected My Political Views

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My family is democratic and growing up I heard them talking about their views on social issues and reform and I agreed with them, I now have similar views and want equal rights and prison reform and better voting rights for everyone.

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The public because I remember when Trump won there was protest around my neighborhood people were marching and through the TV I was seeing the violent protest in  D.C

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The internet has a big influence on my political views because most of the time I am on Tik Tok and something about the Democratic party pops up and says something really good about them.It starts to take effect and influence the many other people in the world.

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somethings that impact me point of view is my mother and father because we discuss about women ability because sometime my mother says one thing and my dad an other

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The first influence on my political beliefs was around Trumps first election. When I came to school the day he was elected my entire school community was extremely saddened. I went to an school with a lot of immigrant students. Similarly, as an immigrant I and those around me were very worried about the policies he would enforce. Therefore, seeing how everyone was so worried about their future and well being just from one person being elected made me lean greatly to the left.

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my parents are the main influence of my political views; i know what they struggle with and it helps me see which political side genuinely helps me and my community.

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My family and the people around me along with social media and such has lead to the development of social and moral values along with an ethical code of sorts. Like how people need decent living conditions shoudlnt be in cages etc. Inflecned by family and media though some developed on own.

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Alot of posts on the internet about discrimination and the corruption of the government really impacted my political views as I see these people being treated unfairly by the government and people.

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social media school and family because all of theses environments changes how people view the world along with some of your own beliefs

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Many people on the internet have different views which can shift how I feel about the world and what i want my political party to be and relationship to my views. The internet has changed my views on the world because I hear a lot of different views.

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In my family they are strongly on the democratic party and they believe that the other party was no good. I started to believe also because of the impact of social media. These things helped me find which political party I wanted to be apart.

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i think that school has had a significant impact on my political views, as brooklyn prospect could be perceived as more left-leaning.  the school's history class has specifically affected my views, since learning about various historical events that ticked off my moral ideals ultimately led me to want to see how those historical factors played into the present system.

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Social media and my family has mostly shaped my political views. Like my family tells me what is going on and why I should like vote for the right people stuff like that. The media like also makes me aware about things that are happening and help me make my opinion on what I think too.

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My parents have always talked with me about things going on in the world and big issues that i should know about. they always told me their opinions but asked what i though which allowed me to sort of shape my own political views.

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Social media and the internet on a whole has shaped my views because a lot of people share their views about politics on social media and that can build my knowledge. We also use tv and the internet to hear about all of these politicians and their views so watching the internet has expanded my knowledge about politics

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seeing the ways people respond to current events on social media has changed the way i perceive global issues. it works in a positive and negative way, awareness is widespread but the actual interest in helping stop these issues is usually low

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with me living in new york, many of my veiws are different, as people here are more republican, and as such are more open, and less closed minded

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History is a huge factor of how my political views changed because learning the history exposes to me the actions the government takes to create an impact or change such as how political elections take place and how sides can alter

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In my household I am available to very different opinions, both democratic-leaning and republican-leaning. With different options available, I am able to choose the one that I agree with the most and which opinion feels the most correct to me/fits my views

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specifically my parents have shaped my political views because i sort of group with the same point of view, so i never really had a reason to change my belief. when the incident with George Floyd had happened, many people including me and my parents were outrageously upset at the police because we knew what the police did to George wasn't right.

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Going to school at Brooklyn Prospect has taught me a lot politics. The main class teaches me is government. Government because the class has taught me about the different political party and it has helped me understand different politicians and their different beliefs.

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The internet impacts my views because when i'm bored I get on to my socials and I see posts about everything. Like for example the first time I heard of Trump was on social media I never knew about him. So everything the people said on the internet impacted my views on how I see him. Therefore I would say that the internet is really influential on my views.

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My mom has been extremely influential on my political views of climate change, she has taught me a lot about the topic and that had helped me shape my opinions.

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My parents, i would say built the foundation of my political views while still partially influencing them; but i feel like the world of internet and the people i hang around the most would be the ones to have shaped them for the most part to what they are right now.

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How has social media shaped my political views

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How has social media shaped my political views

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Social media has changed my views about the country because it shows a lot of world problems and just changes the way i see this country

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When Trump was elected into office, i saw how devastated my family was about him getting elected. It was off to see my close family members be so upset about this so when i got older i did more research on him and then understood why they were so devastated

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Zoe- How the internet shaped my political views

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Zoe- How the internet shaped my political views

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The internet in the past couple of years has really opened my eyes on certain issues and how they affect people personally. Many people posted for the death of George Floyd and how police brutality needs to be stopped.

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my family has always put ideas in my head when I was younger, not on purpose but I would always listen to them talking and over time I started to understand what they were talking about and I would agree with everything they said. I would be able to add to the conversation because I would form my own ideas about the things we would take about.  

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my family has always put ideas in my head when I was younger, not on purpose but I would always listen to them talking and over time I started to understand what they were talking about and I would agree with everything they said. I would be able to add to the conversation because I would form my own ideas about the things we would take about.  

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How my family has shaped my political views

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How my family has shaped my political views

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my family especially my mom often watches the news on our living room Tv specially CNN and she tells me about everything going on and because shes my mom i almost immediately assume what shes saying is correct and right about whats going on in the world.

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My synagogue was always accepting and open and one of my rabbis is gay. And because democrats are usually pro-lgbt I just kind of developed that same mindset as my classmates.

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Dory- How my mom shaped my political views 

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Dory- How my mom shaped my political views 

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I remember the morning that I found out that Trump won and my family and I were watching the news on the television. My mom was extremely upset due to the fact that Trump won. She kept talking about how our country and community could be very negatively impacted with Trump as president. This was definitely a moment for me that shaped my views because someone who is so close to me was so visibly upset which made me care more about the issue. I didn't fully understand the impact that Trump winning could have since I was only in 5th grade and hadn't been very exposed to politics. Because of my moms reaction to this election, I began to get more interested in politics and develop my own views with the use of the internet and just generally paying more attention to the world.

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I remember when Trump was running the first time waking up and my dad was out of it. I asked who won and he just said trump. then I ate my breakfast quietly.

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I remember when Trump was running the first time waking up and my dad was out of it. I asked who won and he just said trump. then I ate my breakfast quietly.

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from BigT

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I listen to a lot of various genres of music and most of music have meaning and bring out into the limelight issues and their stances about politics and issues like police brutality and stuff which I've grown up with and lived by, music is very important to me and stuff so its really impactfull and meaningful

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My cousin influenced my political views because he mostly watches the news and he talks about it sometime when we meet up. Like one time he talked about COVID 19 and he feels like there are a lot of false comments so he explained to me what the government wants to do which is try and help us overcome the virus.

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Ages 0-11 basically all of my political knowledge came from when my parents would listen to NPR or something similar on the radio. After 2016 I was more aware of politics but still mostly stagnant, until around 2019. I can't remember the exact video, but I watched a video recounting the statistics related to the minimum wage and wage theft (not being compensated for the full value of labor), and I found really interesting. I then looked into other stuff related to the economy, capitalism etc and now im an america hating leftist :^)

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I go to Brooklyn Prospect, which is a very open-minded, liberal school, one that taught me a lot about politics and let me have my own opinions, which isn't a very conservative-Republican type of education.

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Ms. Patrick - How school shaped my political views

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Ms. Patrick - How school shaped my political views

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In college I took a class about the War on Drugs with Professor Juan Lindau, and his class made me really passionate about criminal justice reform and drug policy reform. He taught me about the importance of treating drug users with compassion and using rehabilitation rather than punishment to address the use of highly addictive drugs like heroin. His class opened my eyes to the injustices in our criminal justice system overall and helped me see the need for reform in how our government treats people who use drugs. My experience in his class led me to support policies like shorter sentences for people who buy and sell drugs, and legalizing drugs like marijuana.