My political identity is not fully formed yet. I’m still learning a lot about politics, and I still don’t know much at all. I just started to really become influenced by and interested in politics. Before I actually started to read about politics, my political identity was developed through my party affiliation. Basically, I was born in Maryland, and my family members are democrats, so I was a democrat too. That still is basically the way I develop my political identity now. However, I’m much more concerned with what that actually means.
Even though I would say I’m a democrat, that doesn’t mean I necessarily think that the democratic party is better than the republican party. I think that the government and this country needs a little of both sides to really be the best. My father really influenced me on being open minded to everything. He said never say that something is the only thing, because you would find something else to replace it. Instead, you should enjoy everything that comes your way, so you never have to replace your ideas or beliefs, you can instead make your own ideas and beliefs stronger than before. That’s why I really tend to step back from being involved in politics. There is a lot of pressure to be on one side or the other, and there are a lot of judgments that go along with politics. I just back off, and let others get so emotionally drained.
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