The Political Environment Presidents Grew Up In

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 This timeline shows the presidency and lifespan of American Presidents- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States

 What President you grew up under must be important in developing your political opinions. So I thought it would be interesting to look at who was President at the time when they were forming their political views.
 
George Bush has been President since I was nine and my environment around me has been hostile to him, through family and friends etc. So therefore, in my growing up, Bush may have come to represent what I disagree with in politics. I even remember being very angry and upset when he was elected in 2000 even though I probably knew little about his policies.
 
Presidents are usually more interested in politics than the average person, so lets say they began developing their political opinions as young teenagers. Clinton and Bush.Jr were both born in 1945. So, they were probably forming some of their first political opinions under Eisenhower and Kennedy.
 
Obama is much younger, he was born in 1961. This means he was developing his  political opinions under Nixon and Carter.

 How significant of a factor do you think this has been for past Presidents? Which President did you develop your politics under? Was is significant factor in forming your opinions?

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 How you are socialised when you are young allways has an effect on you. If your parents allways told you to say please and thankyou, then you are more likely to do so in later life than somebody who was not. So, why not for political opinions?
 A person who grows up in China is more likely to become a communist than a person who grows up in America. You form opinions and attitudes through out your life but you early life is when you are the most easily influenced. This is why parents are so important.
 The President at the time effects the issues being debated at the time. If you grew up in poverty in the 1930s and then Mr Roosevelt came and gave you some benefits and your parents jobs, you would be more in favour of government intervention later in life.
 

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 Yes, so the political environment you grow up in has an effect on your opinions. The President at the time sets the political environment and so this can effect your opinions. Younger people are more impressionable than older people, so the political environment matters most when they start forming their political opinions at a young age.