Political Culture

I agree with Alyse and everyone else that the United States political culture is very conflictual. Depending on where you live, your lifestyle, your beliefs, and any other factors like this will contribute to your political beliefs. For example, according to the map at the bottom, if you live along the coasts, you have similar thoughts because you may need similar funding for the waters you occupy or trade reasons. If you live in the middle where there is more red than you might have similar beliefs about how the agriculture should be funded or how the inner states have different standards than the coastal states. Your location could be a big deciding factor on how you view your politics and which side of the spectrum you think you belong on. Brooks describes the United States at "Red America" and "Blue America" because our beliefs and lifestyles are so different. You have your self-centered person who drinks Starbucks coffee then your person who has an ugly hairstyle of a mullet. When people are categorized this way, you know there is a problem. Your lifestyles and beliefs set you up for that interpretation along with differences politivcally. With major differences there is bound to be conflictions.