Deconstructing Politics In America

Linkage institution s are channels that connect the people to the government . This can include the media , interest groups , and political parties . One of the major forms of linkage institutions is elections . The public gets to vote on policies and who they want to be in office; it is a chance for citizens' voices to be heard. Elections can influence an individual's political beliefs because depending on where a person lives, the community and people around them will probably be swayed in favor of one candidate; this influence an individual to prefer and support a candidate over another. Recent elections have shown how divided the American public is over political beliefs. This past presidential election of 2016 has seen an extreme divide between the public. The Democratic nominee was Hillary Clinton and the Republican nominee was Donald Trump . The strong divide this past election has led it to be a critical election, which means there is a significant change in p

From social media , newspapers , or radio , different forms of media can influence the public. Media is a form of a linkage institution because it connects the people to the government ; citizens can learn about new laws in place or people can also have the chance to spread awareness about a particular topic. Based on the source of news consumption and bias present, this affects the way the public think and hence the way they vote . News sources have different biases and through examining sites on opposite sides of the spectrum, biases can be identified. The Blaze is a news source where the audience is more consistently conservative and The New York Times is one where the audience is more consistently liberal . A current event that has been written about on both of these websites is when football players take a knee during the national anthem as a form of protest for police brutality . On The Blaze , there was an article that was recently written by Dave Urabnski on Octo