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Voting and Elections (it's about to get sentimental )

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I don't even know what I'm writing right now. I got two hours of sleep last night and nothing feels real anymore high five pal. Anyway, if you don't already know by now, a linkage institution connects the general public to the government. (It's okay if you're still confused on that pal. I got you.) Along with interest groups, the media, and political parties, elections are also a type of linkage institution because it gives people the chance to vote on government policies and government officials. Yay politics. Additionally, elections influence an individual's political beliefs because of the inescapable political campaigns. Think about it. If you just walked around and everything that you saw was essentially people screaming about what they believe in and why you should like them, chances are that you're gonna start thinking thoughts. Political thoughts. Government thoughts. Oh my. For this blog post, I decided to be basic and write about the 2016 pre...

Media whOooOo

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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 ...

Political Parties whoooo

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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 ...