Whenever a person walks into their own personal booth to check that box beside the name that they believe should be the new leader of the United States of America, they already have a mindset of whom they will be choosing. This involves a series of decisions based partly on their gender, religion, race, and where they grew up. There are some people who believe that the selection of a presidential candidate is solely built on whether or not they are a republican or a democrat. Although this plays a major role in the world of politics, there are many other ways that may curve your decision.
Immediately after a person is born, everyone around them will see if they are a boy or a girl. This fifty percent chance of becoming either gender will change how they are treated and how they will view the world around them for their entire life. I cannot speak very much into how the political world looks like from a male point of view, seeing how I am a female, but according to a study done by Frank Newport from Princeton, NJ, women of all ages are more likely to become Democrats rather than Republicans. After interviewing well over a hundred thousand individuals, the people involved in this study came to a conclusion showing how it is fairly constant when comparing Republican status (28% of men and 25% of women), the focusing gap is when we compare Democrat percentages (32% of men and 41% of women) while the rest claim to be independent. When they map this out between age groups, it shows this constant throughout the age span of 18-80 years old.
An average person would pair together religion and politics with contraceptives, abortion, and gay marriage. Although this is not much of a bad thing, it does not focus on the individual needs. Religion has no problem in influencing which party a person votes for, even if a person classifies himself or herself as being atheist or agnostic. To clearly see how religion affects politics, there are mainly four ways that a...