AP Government & Politics

Most of the people lie in between republican and democrat. They share similar ideas.I agree with the fact that people should be chosen by the merit not their heredity or racial groups. The colleges should be diverse,but diverse with different ideas and personalities not necessary different skin tones.

I can relate to those who stand in the middle sector of the two major political parties because while I am conservative on economic issues, I am pretty liberal on most social issues, the definition of a libertarian, a party that is suggested to be on the rise in this news article. Although they give other names such as the 'whatever man,' I think that the radicalization of the two policial parties, as seen in the past week of the government shutdown, shows that Americans are not going to be willing to also radicalize- rather they are going to take the middle route that shows compromise among the American constituents beliefs.

This video is about the "growing political center" that a majority Americans fall into that indicates that we are not just a red or blue country and Americans have become more pragmatic in our political beliefs. Americans in the middle, according to the survey, believe that the government is spending too much money, and a majority also support gay marriage and legalization of marijuana. The people that categorize themselves as members of the "center group" say that they don't feel they belong in either the Democratic nor the Republican party.