POLI 1200 Lecture 5: 9-13 week 4
22 May 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
I. Political Socialization
a. Student-parent party identification
b. School/government
i. Does a lot of different things
1. School elections
2. Projects on presidents
ii. Military honoring day
iii. Saying the pledge of allegiance every day
c. Survey of 9th graders
i. Even in 9th grade, kids are pretty good at knowing what is good for democracy
d. Media/social media
i. Vote or die: MTV heavy with trying to get young people to vote
ii. Group identities
iii. Who you hangout with
iv. Racial identities
e. Changes how we look at male and female politicans
f. Events
i. 9-11
1. Changed views on terrorism
2. Relationship between government and privacy
ii. The great depression
II. Rational Choice Theory
a. What is rational choice?
i. weighing the costs and benefits. If the benefits outweigh the costs, we do it.
Maximizing utility.
ii.
b. Is voting irrational?
i. Benefits of voting?
1. Have your voice be heard
2. Civic duty
3.
ii. Costs of voting?
1. Vote counts 1 in 60 million
2. In a particular state, 1 in 10 million
3. Time
a. Go to polling booth
b. Opportunity costs
4. Cost of transportation
5. Registering to vote
6. Have to research
c. Maybe vote matters in local elections
d. Ca minimize regret: what if candidate you wanted lost by only one vote
e. Can apply to other forms of participation
i. Donate
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