Question

1. Why is the House of Representatives more polarized than the Senate?

2. What are the 5 agents of socialization? Which do you think is most important in explaining the political attitudes that you hold, today?

3. Howard Laswell argues that the media plays 3 roles: Socialization, Interpretation, and Surveillance/watch dog. Which is most important, and why?

4. What was the main disagreement between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, and how did they resolve their disagreement? What was their compromise?

Answer 1

The House of Representatives is much more polarization than the Senate because in case of the former, compromise is not needed. The House of Representatives require to come to terms with the bills passed by the Senate. The Senate, however, still follows the filibuster rule which means that the majority party still needs the minority party to carry out certain functions. This requires compromise between the parties. If the House of Representatives was structured in a similar fashion, it is likely that the resulting polarization would also be far lesser.

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