All People have Political beliefs and ideals. Political culture is defined as the "political attitudes, beliefs, values and skills [within] an entire population.(e+h 55) Political culture comes about through the political socialization of the people of that population. In this essay, I will examine and discuss my own political ideals and ideologies. I will also examine the political system of Mexico, and discuss how my political beliefs would be different if I were born in Mexico.
             The structure of the Mexican Government is similar to that of the United States. There is a constitution, 2 branches of legislature, an executive branch, and a separate judiciary branch. While the government of Mexico is structurally similar to America's, the way it is run is vastly different. Until recently, the government could be described as an "authoritarian system governed by president, who cannot be reelected to another six-year term." (://memory.loc.gov) There was only one political party that has any real power, the Institutional Revolutionary Party which generally is a working class, middle class and labor union party. That party finally lost control of the presidency to the conservative Party of National Action. Another part less powerful than the other two is the Democratic Revolutionary Party. The political culture in mexico is described by Ethridge and Handelman as a "subject political culture"(456) that is they lack the "confidence in their ability to influence government behavior."(456)
             Having grown up in a strong Republican upper-middle class household in the suburbs of New York and having attended a traditional Catholic school, my political beliefs and ideologies were shaped accordingly. Since both of my parents were and still are Republican, I have always had a tendency to support the Republican aspect of most issues. Generally, the political ideologies
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