AP Gov Review: Video #11, Citizens’ Political Beliefs Everything You Need To Know About Citizens’ Beliefs of Government To Succeed In AP Gov

What Are Beliefs Citizens Hold About Government? Citizens’ beliefs about the government and its role are often based on their political ideology What is political ideology? Set of values and beliefs of an individual Two major political ideologies: Liberal Conservative

What Makes Someone A Liberal? In general, liberals support a larger scope of government and more government involvement Also favor policies that promote equality (Affirmative Action) Beliefs of Liberals: Military spending should decrease Abortion - pro-choice Favor Affirmative Action Advocate higher taxes for wealthy Increased spending on social programs

What Makes Someone A Conservative? In general, conservatives support a smaller scope of government and less government involvement Also favor policies that promote free enterprise Beliefs of Conservatives: Military spending should be a top priority Abortion - pro-life Oppose Affirmative Action Advocate lower taxes Decreased spending on social programs

A Closer Look At Liberals And Conservatives More Americans identify with conservative than liberal Those under 30 identify more with liberal than conservative African Americans identify more as liberal than conservative Government laws of the 1960s increased voter participation for minorities - Voting Rights Act of 1965 Women tend to be more liberal than men Religion and Ideology: The specific religion is less important in determining ideology, but rather, how religious an individual is Born-Again Christians tend to be conservative, those with little/no religious affiliation tend to be liberal

Quick Recap Characteristics of liberals Characteristics of conservatives Demographics of each group

Test Tips Multiple-Choice Characteristics of liberals and conservatives Groups that are likely to be liberal and conservative Free Response:

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