Politics? Where do you stand

       For our action interview I interviewed my boyfriend's mom, Cecilia. When she was growing times were not  easy she had to get  food stamps and  welfare because she became a mom early and was not yet finacially stable. So these personal experiences shaped her political identity of being liberal voting strictly for the democratic party. She wants the right to choose and she believes the democratic party enables you to do so. The democratic party believes in welfare and helping people who are in need and without them she said she wouldn't be where she is today.
   As stated in the prior paragraph Cecilia is Liberal, she believes what the democratic party believes in regarding pro-choice,welfare and that the democratic party is for the people.In the future she hopes for the unemployment rate to go down,healthcare to be available to everyone and also new jobs to be created.The most important issue in America she wants to see change is the economic deficite and she believes fully that the democratic party will bring us back up.

  Personally i have never been interested in politics,i've never voted or kept up on issues in America but I do know whats happening. After reading the articles assigned I now know my political stance I consider myself to be independent because i believe in some things on both sides. But also i lean more towards Liberal. The personal experiences that helped me make the decsion is the fact that i am in DCF and have been my whole life and Liberals want to help people with welfare and state funding ti make sure foster kids are in good hands. They're for the people. But also i believe in pro-choice,because a women should have the right to choose but i do not believe in partial abortion, Partial abortion is wrong when the fetus has a heart beat it is a real human being. I agree with the conservatives that doctor assisted suicide is completly wrong and should never ever be approved life is so precious and you can't abuse that. My thoughts on doctor assisted suicide come from a personal experience where i was extremely depressed. But with help from pain meds and family a person with a serious illness will make it through till the end. God chooses when your life should end not you. I am looking for a leader that is for the people,someone who wants the war to end not continue it too many people have lost there lives in a war that is far to long and a person who wants what is best for America not themselves. So i will be voting this year for Obama.

   I have learned from this experience that people vote based on how they were raised and what there values are. So a person who grew up on welfare and help from the state is most likely to vote for the democratic party. Well a person who grew up in a religious family who were well off are more likely to vote for the republican party. Voters vote based on what the canidates believe in and if they agree with them. People to me vote selfishly, they don't vote based on what is best for America but what is best for them and how that certain canidate will benefit there lives.

Questions asked:
How did you vote in the last election? Why?
Do you consider yourself liberal,conservative or independent? Why?
What life experiences have shaped your political values?
What issues are most important to you when it comes to US policy?
Who will you most likely vote for in your future? Are you happy with your party?
What values in a canidate do you most value?
What do you want to see change in America?
Have you ever switched parties?
Do you disagree with anything the democratic party believes in?
Do you believe Obama has made change in America?