Everyone must address this first question
Consider this article and address the following questions:
1. What does the author suggest are the elements that provide a basis for our common "American culture?" As a nation of immigrants, what challenges will the political culture increasingly face as the immigrant population continues to grow?
You may now choose between one of the two articles below
Consider this reading FIRST
THEN choose one of the following :
This article from Newsweek
OR
This article by Richard Hofstadter
OR
This article by the Harris Poll
Please discuss what and how political culture
forms and changes. What has changed about
America's political culture over the last century? What are
some of the factors that that have been used as 'wedge' issues over
the last 100 years in America? What do you suppose causes the
disconnect between what Americans say they want and how
American behave electorally? What role do political structural
and socioeconomic variables play in analyzing electorate behavior in
light of the article YOU chose to read?