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Alex Kelkar: How my parents shaped my political views. 

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Alex Kelkar: How my parents shaped my political views. 

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My would always make me sit with them on their bed when I was little, and watch the news. As I got older I started to ask question about what was happening, and they would almost always answer. During middle school is when I feel like I had started to develop an opinion since that was near when Trump became president. Going through that today my opinions has only been growing and changing as I learn more, and start to understand more of what is happening in the world. I hope to maybe make a difference one day even in a small way.

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My political views are impacted by my family members. An example is when they have conversations about politics.

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Andrew Matias: How social media shaped my political views.

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Andrew Matias: How social media shaped my political views.

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When I was younger. I wasn't much interested on what was going on because I didn't understand it. But growing up, I began to understand what was happening on the subject of Racism, Police Brutality, and LGBTQ discrimination. It made me realize that we should support these groups of people by giving them equal rights.

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My family is pretty split on political views and I tend to see each side pretty often throughout the year so I understand why they have those beliefs and ideas and I think thats what makes me neutral

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Emi Satow: How my parents and my friends have shaped my political views 

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Emi Satow: How my parents and my friends have shaped my political views 

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I think my political views mainly came from how my parents thought. When I was younger, my parents saw politics as important, but they never were on a certain side from pointing out flaws from both sides. But whenever I talked to a friend about politics, I would be more understanding toward their view than my parents.

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Ian : How my elementary and Middle School shaped my views. 

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Ian : How my elementary and Middle School shaped my views. 

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In fifth grade, I remember my English teacher sitting us down on the rug and showing the whole election process with the candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. While I was still young this teacher taught me why voting for Hillary Clinton is important.

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How has your experience changed on the views of politics ? 

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How has your experience changed on the views of politics ? 

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The way how I view politics is that everybody all plays a part of being guilty, nobody is right in this case. Social media has played a big part of exsposing things also the news as well, they are finally speaking their truth.

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My political views are mostly influenced by my parents because they're much more into politics than me and I trust what they say, however there are some things that I disagree with that I did my own research on.

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jada young: things that have shaped my political views 

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jada young: things that have shaped my political views 

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When I was growing up I never really cared too much about politics but as I got older I feel like I stated to develop a political view after watching elections, watching the news, talking about it with family and friends, having school discussions, reading about it on the internet, and even hearing about it in music.

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My political views were originally influenced by my family and the friends around me. Although now my views are quite different from what they were before, i was brought into the real world and it granted me my own perspective.

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My mom never was shy to tell me about her struggles immigrating here and getting my family together. When she was 18 and in the States, it took many years and a lot of money to get my uncles (her little brothers) and my grandma (her mother) into the country. At the same time, she was trying to arrange for my dad to fly in as well. It was very stressful for her as the only one in the States. The U.S. didn't treat her the best either as a woman of color. This led me to think that immigration should not be this complicated and hard, because people want to immigrate here for a reason. A better life, a new start, refuge. It shouldn't take so long and take so much effort just to complete a family.

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Oliver Lewis:How my family affected my political views

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Oliver Lewis:How my family affected my political views

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Their both democrats and while I prefer to stay out of politics, I do lean slightly towards being a leftist.

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With my mom being from an entirely different continent,  I have been able to get a little more perspective on how America's politics are viewed in another place of the world. Additionally, my dad would make sure to keep me updated on our world by showing me important news, but I also got a lot of information from my older sister.

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With my mom being from an entirely different continent,  I have been able to get a little more perspective on how America's politics are viewed in another place of the world. Additionally, my dad would make sure to keep me updated on our world by showing me important news, but I also got a lot of information from my older sister.

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i think my political views are influeneced by media and who im friends with mostly since my parents don´t talk about political subjects

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I never looked at political things and I still dont my mom doesn't and I dont know if my dad and his family look at politics

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Ishaan Horwith: How analyzing neutral news networks

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Ishaan Horwith: How analyzing neutral news networks

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Growing up in NYC, I was always taught common democratic/liberal ideas and beliefs, such as "guns are bad", "immigrants deserve a place in society", "climate change is real", etc. While I do believe in science, facts and that everyone deserves human rights, I always had the sense that the democrats were sometimes oversensitive and lacked some patriotic aspect. I started to observe radical and non-radical republican news networks and I realized that while I agreed with some of their ideas, like "guns can be useful", "America should be #1", etc. I know know that I am neutral, and look at America as a whole, rather than divided

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Paul Viskup: how mass media has shaped my political views

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Paul Viskup: how mass media has shaped my political views

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I actually didn't start participating in social media until last year and since i had time to make my own opinions before any major use i was able to decide that everyone is equally stupid in different ways

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Maria Herrera: how my family shaped my political views

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Maria Herrera: how my family shaped my political views

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My family isnt part of a political party mostly because they cant vote but when i was younger i witnessed my uncles and grandparents getting deported and i feel like thats when i started being more aware of political issues. I think its when i really started to develop my own opinion about things

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miriam: how covid-19 has shaped my political views

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miriam: how covid-19 has shaped my political views

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growing up, i never really cared about politics bc it wasn't something that interested me but with the sudden pandemic and switch to quarantine, everything was pretty much online so i eventually paid more attention to what was happening and how the whole situation was being dealt with.

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Satchel Jacobs: how school shaped my political views 

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Satchel Jacobs: how school shaped my political views 

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My elementary school was really misogynistic. during the 2016 election many kids said the only reason trump should win is b/c Hillary is a woman. I didn't adopt those views but it has made me more competent to patriarchy.

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Steven:how talks with my family affect my political 

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Steven:how talks with my family affect my political 

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well usually when we have a few people at the house like 6-8 they usually start to talk based on what the news say's and what side they take usually it's one that they all agree towards but I can say I also agree with them

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Marcus Sherriff: How my parents have shaped my political views

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Marcus Sherriff: How my parents have shaped my political views

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My parents and I encourage discussion with each other on all sorts of topics. Overtime, I have picked up on the opinions of my parents because of the way they taught me. When I got older I realized that the ideals they taught/teach me mostly fit with the views of the democrats. Most recently my parents and I discuss the state of the pandemic and what we should do about it. While we might have different views at some point they both go under the umbrella of what the democrat party is supporting. Overall, my the things my parents teach me have led me to have the political views I have today.

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David Matias: How the internet shaped my views

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David Matias: How the internet shaped my views

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When I was younger I didn't really care about politics and didn't pay much attention to it. But after getting older and seeing the accidents in the internet happening, my view would have formed. I would want to have equal rights and justice for everyone.

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Gabriel Hernandez- How Mass Media & Advertisement Shape My Political Views.

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Gabriel Hernandez- How Mass Media & Advertisement Shape My Political Views.

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During COVID 19, I seemed to have gotten myself onto political social medias. They were, and still are, a very toxic place where old people argue. I found a ton of evidence from both sides as well as takes from both sides. It was something that educated me alot and I'm grateful for the way I was introduced.

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Campbell Dietz: How Family shaped my political views

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Campbell Dietz: How Family shaped my political views

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One thing that influenced my political views was how my mom and dad always conducted their opinions when i was around them. They always endorsed a sense of right and wrong and promoted a liberal morality which I agreed with. I think they did a good job promoting acceptance for all and helping me understand complex issues.

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Annick Hansen: How my parents shaped my political views

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Annick Hansen: How my parents shaped my political views

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When I was growing up the only time I would really listen about politics was if my parents overheard them. Then I started watching the election with them, like the 2016 election. They don't like Donald Trump and his supporters so I also don't like him now. Of course, now I know why I don't like him but before I wasn't really aware of it until my parents.

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From seeing ads about who to vote for in an election and looking up political things for information, the internet had played a big role since it helps me have a better understanding of who to support and why.

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Taylor Jenkins: How has family shaped my political views

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Taylor Jenkins: How has family shaped my political views

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When I was younger I never used to pay attention to what my parents said about politics. But as I got older the more and talked to my family about politics the more I grew into there views.

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Uswa Yousaf: How social media affected my political views. 

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Uswa Yousaf: How social media affected my political views. 

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Social media can spread news extremely quickly and because of the pandemic, i was on my phone more and saw more political news and opinions that made me rethink mine. one idea would be the BLM movement because not only was it a strong movement, more people cared.

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Christian Wilson, PhD: How the internet shaped my views.

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Christian Wilson, PhD: How the internet shaped my views.

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Growing up with a heavy internet influence let me see all kinds of opinions and beliefs, a lot of which aren't bad. It let me see a lot of good people just being different, and they should be able to do that, it just made me more tolerant and accepting. Sometimes. Definitely not always. Some people are just weird.

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How my mom has shaped my political views-

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How my mom has shaped my political views-

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From a young age, my mom raised me to be accepting which definitely contributes to my political views and where I stand on the political spectrum. It has made democratic parties seem more attractive due to their acceptingness and progressiveness.

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How Covid-19 pandemic has shaped my political views

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How Covid-19 pandemic has shaped my political views

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I don't care about politics anymore but I do see that it isn't always the people who make the fault of the big decision. We want them to make good choices that help us and others, but some people doubt and do things for themselves. People like anti-vaxxers, Racists, etc.

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Annick Hansen: How the media shaped my political views

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Annick Hansen: How the media shaped my political views

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Recently, especially during quarantine, I spent a lot of time on my phone and social media. So, there was a lot of politics. Specifically, social media taught me about the Black Lives Matter movement, and I was able to learn about it quickly.

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hello its cian. well i think just growing up in a household with democratic views deffintly had heavy influence on me, but then during this whole covid stuff and seeing how so many conservitives were acting and how are former president was handling the whole situations, and his morals and beliefs, just overall left a bad taste in my mouth towards some of those people and trump supporters,

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Kamilo Pinto: How my parents shaped my political views

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Kamilo Pinto: How my parents shaped my political views

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I was once a kid who did not care about politics at all, and then my parents start to share their outrage over Donald Trump more openly so I always sort of eavesdropped

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Daniel Ramos: How music has shaped my political views

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Daniel Ramos: How music has shaped my political views

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certain artists i have listened to over the years have spoken on police brutality and political topics such as drug epidemics the government racism and its influenced me into having similar opinions as they do.

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Caviezell Sullivan: How has mass media shaped my views

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Caviezell Sullivan: How has mass media shaped my views

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Typically in television shows, characters with specific views are introduced. Whether the views are political or just morals, the characters are typically there to disagree with the generic/average political views. This shaped how I think since the characters give you a different perspective on how you view certain legal policies.

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Madison Pritchard: How Covid-19 pandemic has shaped my political views

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Madison Pritchard: How Covid-19 pandemic has shaped my political views

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I was never really that engaged in politics over the years. The pandemic partially changed this because I have payed attention to the politics only for my safety. Either than that my political views have stayed the same.

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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.