Polls/Party Identification/Opinions

     I think, with all the political debates that are televised, American news media is not that dependent upon political polls. Polls can be useful in seeing where everyone, or the topic, stands with American citizens, but only if they are done correctly. Polls can be majorly swayed by people, but can also be a useful piece of information in politics if done correctly. Although, I am not sure how many people will vote on polls without being  upto-date on everything that is happening, but polls can be wrong if done incorrectly. Also, I do not think it is appropriate for news agencies to create polls and then report on them. Even though some may be accurate, I think polls should be done professionally so you are getting the most correct information possible. Also, news agencies creating more polls can spread confusion, because there is such a thing as one too many polls.

     Political party identification, to me, is not that important. I don’t believe I could put myself under one category of political parties, because the topics and my opinions can be so diverse. I have a problem of seeing many benefits and and non-benefits to each side, that it takes much research and time to decide, that it could be opposite to what my political party would think the answer would be. It may have been more important to my grandparents, but my parents are the same way as me. Growing up, I never heard my parents talk specifically about what party they were; just that they were talking their own opinions on the topics. Everyone is different, so some friends may find it very important to categorize themselves under a party, but other friends also do not see themselves as just one political party.

   I do not think my opinion of politics is more influenced by economic or social issues more than the other, I think it is more likely a mixture of both. I like to take all sides of information of a wide variety of issues and base my opinions on all of that research.