IntroductionA 7th grade student walks to school on a Friday morning. Throughout his usual routine, he witnesses a circle of students chanting derogatory gay or homosexual phrases while throwing a child into their circle. To the 7th grader, this tortured child did nothing wrong, and that fact alone constitutes intervention. Much like this child's thoughts on bullying, political opinions are generated by people who don't understand what's going on, but can nonetheless appreciate the value of discussion within the circle. In the student's example, this 7th grader is expressing his opinion on an issue that doesn't concern him, but is, in one way or another, thought-provoking. He may have been influenced by his family and taught that bullying was a bad thing. His teachers may have taught him that “do unto others as you would have them do unto you” is the golden rule. Or maybe the child is extremely deep in morality and wise beyond his years. These reasons for generating a position are essential to understanding a political opinion devoid of facts. When people choose to sit outside the political battlefield and comment on the political war, the events and influences on their lives provoke thought and therefore can generate a personal political opinion. Family “My dad is an Aggie, so I must be an Aggie. » As ridiculous as this proposition may seem, it constitutes a recurring theme in the evolution of political opinion. As noted in Professor Shaw's lecture, there is a correlation between personal political views and parents' political views (Shaw, 2014). A child's ideology is often linked to a parent's ideology, an example that is more prominent among Republican father figures, although not completely excluding the mat...... middle of paper .... .. not nearly. Non-factual political opinions are opinions based on how an issue should be viewed. This allows for a mix of facts and opinions; what is correct by data and what is correct by morality. If the United States became majority Republican, would it be a problem for our 7th grader to support same-sex marriage after learning that the boy he saved from bullies is the reason his mother had a donor heart ? I wish the facts supported that. ConclusionFamily, personal experience and religion transform into political socialization (Shaw, 2014). It is the end result of all the factors that influence an individual's point of view and what the individual will have to say on a political issue. When the moment to express an opinion arises, political socialization will be the place where factors are valued, evaluated and merged to form political opinion..