POLS 2330 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Media Consumption, Church Attendance, American Exceptionalism

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2330
• Professor: Blake Roberts

Document Summary

Americans; and the communitarian ethos of europeans and their greater willingness to rely on the state to achieve collective goals economic, cultural, social compared to the stronger individualism of. Differences between citizens of states on either side of country: need to be mindful of the important variations that exist regionally, which are often overlooked by outside observers. Pew center typology: identifies nine distinct value clusters in the american population. Red america: segments of the population that identify with or lean toward the. Republican party: liked bush, not obama, support tea party. Blue america: identify with or lean toward the democratic party, did not like bush, but liked obama oppose tea party values and goals. Solid liberals: 14% of adults, 16% of registered voters, co(cid:373)p(cid:396)ises the hea(cid:396)t of blue a(cid:373)e(cid:396)i(cid:272)a(cid:374)a a(cid:374)d the de(cid:373)o(cid:272)(cid:396)ati(cid:272) pa(cid:396)t(cid:455)"s. Independent america: 6/10 in each of the following three groups choose the label. Culture war: americans are culturally polarized and the distance between the two.