Senior Citizens, Interest Groups, and Political Parties
The United States Constitution guarantees Americans numerous liberties and Rights. Our government believes in Democracy. A system of government in which the people rule, either directly or indirectly. Democratic ideals are a form of government under the Constitution, which guarantees civil liberties and civil rights to all citizens. Ensuring citizens with civil liberties are defined as freedom guaranteed to individuals such as freedom of religion and freedom of expression. Civil Rights are powers or privileges that government may not arbitrarily deny to individuals. In our government, citizens determine the extent of government activity through free elections and competitive political parties.
Voting is central to democracy, and citizens must be able to
discuss politics, form interest groups, contact public officials, campaign for competing parties, protest government decisions. For example, Senior Citizens take great political participation in the government. Political participation refers to those activities of private citizens that are more or less directly aimed at influencing the selection of government personnel and /or actions they take.
Senior citizens in the United States are increasingly active and influential in politics. They are concerned with politics and government, as they prove when they participate in politics through voting, working in political organizations, in addition, and holding office. They seek to remain informed in politics, particularly
because they are the object of governmental programs. Old age political
organizations have expended tremendously in number, size, and influence during the last few decades. Older people seek to remain informed in politics particularly because they are the object of governmental programs. They share a number of political concerns, and collectively they benefit from government programs based on old age or retirement status, such as...