Jelly Politics

Hey. How you doing? I'm just kidding. I don't care. I got work to do. Let's go. So in this blog post, I'm gonna be talking about media which is (surprise, surprise) another type of linkage institution. Whoa! It's like this whole blog is dedicated to linkage institutions or something. Who woulda thunk it? But in all serious, the media is a very important type of linkage institution because they provide information that helps us understand current politics. However, there are many biases present in the media which heavily impact the way we perceive certain issues, the politicians we support, the way we vote, etc. This is a stale meme, but nO ONE ASKED YOU ? For this blog post, I decided to analyze articles written by CNN and Fox News which are affiliated with liberal and conservative audiences, respectively. As for the current issue, I decided to focus on immigration and abortion which are topics of hot debate between the two groups. Liberals are generally ...

No time for a non-basic intro. I got hella work to do, so let's just go. In the previous blog post, I talked about interest groups and their role as a type of linkage institution. In this post, I will be going deeper into the topic by exploring another type of linkage institution: political parties. While linkage institutions focus heavily on one topic, political parties encompass a wider array of beliefs. This allows the general public to connect themselves to politics because it offers them a chance to affiliate themselves with like-minded individuals. (And it's great because now we can get mad about the same stuff together. Hooray.) The political party that I will be writing about in this blog post will be one that reflects my beliefs most accurately: the Constitution Party. I'm kidding. Let's talk about Democrats. If you look at the Democratic Party's " Our Party " page, you'll see that they emphasize the importance of equality through ...

Hey. Hi. Howdy. Hello. I don't know how to start off blog posts, so I'm just gonna keep doing this. If you haven't read the title of the blog post, I'm gonna be talking about interest groups, particularly those that are related to LGBT issues. For some context, the issue around gay marriage has been pretty black-and-white. Liberals support gay-marriage and LGBT rights, while conservatives oppose it. The interest groups that I chose, Lambda Legal and the American Family Association, accurately reflect these beliefs, and wow. Wow Wow Wow ™ . That was quite a ride. First off, let me tell you a little bit about each group. Lambda Legal takes a liberal stance on LGBT issues, and clearly states their purpose in the "About Us" page. Their mission is to "achieve full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and everyone living with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work." The rest of the...

Hey. Hi. Howdy. Hello. Other greeting that starts with "h." My name is Angelica, and I'm a high school senior at some really obscure high school in California. You may be wondering why this blog is titled "Jelly Politics." You may also be wondering why a high school senior would choose such a juvenile name that makes me look like I'm a thirteen-year-old girl trying to make politics seem all fun and happy. But no. No... (I feel like that's especially impossible with current politics.) Jelly's actually my nickname because you know. AnGELIca = AnJELLYca. And I just tacked that onto the word "politics" since I'm really really bad at coming up with titles. Anyway, this blog is meant for my AP Government project where we'll focus on linkage institutions and how they influence our political ideologies. So yeah. Get excited. (Or not. I don't care.) For this first post, I'm (forced to) going to talk about my political ty...