Discussion

Discussion 3: Ideology Quiz Results

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Take the Pew Center’s political ideology quiz found here: Quiz. 

Study your results, and also read about the other ideological categories.

Discuss the Pew Center quiz results in the context of the other readings.

Were you surprised the by the category that the Pew Center tool placed you in?

Do the categories help you understand ideology or do they confuse matters for you?

What’s missing from these categories?

Why do think that the country is so sharply divided ideologically?

Write at least 250 words and be sure to make a substantial comment on one or more other student’s posting..

Background Materials

1. OpenStax, American Government, Chapter 6

2. Stephen Hawkins and Tommy Flint, Two Stories, One America: How Political Narratives Shape Our Understanding of Reality . (Kennedy School Review, July 

Political Typology Quiz

https://openstax.org/books/american-government-2e/pages/6-introduction

https://openstax.org/books/american-government-2e/pages/6-introduction20, 2016