My Political Typology

My name is Alyssa Woodbury and I am a female student in Summit Public Schools. According to my results from http://www.people-press.org/quiz/political-typology/, I am a Democratic opportunist. I believe people should have their opportunities and work together.

Opportunity Democrats
12% of Adult population
13% of registered votes
13% of politically engaged

Values
Opportunity Democrats have liberal behaviors on most issues such as the environment, immigration, and the LGBT+ community. This group stands out from other Democratic groups because of their own beliefs that working hard is enough for almost everyone to achieve.

Political Behavior
Opportunity Democrats are more likely than other group to characterize their own political perspective as average. 86% of the majority people disapprove of Trump's presidency performance for the past year he has been elected. However, Opportunity Democrats are not as likely to feel too strong of a disapproval for trump than the Solid Liberals or Disaffected Democrats.

The people

About 57% in the Opportunity Democrats group are non-Hispanic whites. The others, 14% black and 20% Hispanic. 34% are also college graduates and 30% are not with a college experience. 

Personal Beliefs:

• Businesses should have the opportunity to expand. Even though I think business corporations make too much profit, they have all the right to have their opportunities.
• I believe that the United States should focus on themselves and our own problems first and then help other countries to ensure peace with them. It's harder to help others when we as a country can't help ourselves first.
• My opinion is that everyone should be accepted in society regardless of social values, race, and immigration. I feel that our country should still make changes to give everyone equal rights considering there is lots of sexism, racism, and homophobia today that restrict people to live their lives normally.
• It was really hard to answer these set of Social Safety Net questions considering the fact that poor people do and don't have it easy. It is understandable that poor people struggle living their everyday lives, but they also get benefit that people in middle or higher classes don't receive and few don't need to contribute much in society. I also believe that the government could only do so much to help out as well.
• I feel that the government does do a lot of work than what people credit for. People are too quick to point out and judge mistakes rather than good things. Some people only see the negative things since that is what gets more acknowledged by society.
• Anything to keep our planet as best as we can, I feel like environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost. However, If we ourselves did a little more recycling, prevent fires, etc., there wouldn't be a need for high expenses.

Similarities:

Some things that set opportunity democrats apart are topics such as Stances on Military. I believe that we should increase the spending on our military for protective reasons and not have our country be vulnerable, but I also can agree on decreasing the cost on our military to strive more for world peace. 

Another reason being a part of this ideology group allows me to identify my political stance in issues such as Immigration. I believe that undocumented Immigrants should be able to stay for opportunities, but I could understand stronger enforcement actions on the border considering the crime rates and for our country's safety. For problems like these I would select as an average vote. 

Differences between me and my ideology:

Although there are some key similarities between me and my ideology, there are a few differences. The first difference I have is the idea on abortion. I have always wondered if I were pregnant in my school years, would I receive an abortion? Would I drop out of school to raise an unwanted child? As much as I wouldn't want to, I know it would be best for me. I should be able to have the right over my body and other women should as well. Some people mistake being pregnant is something all women do carelessly. Rape is so common, but some people seem to forget it's a problem in today's society. Some people are also uneducated that sometimes a child has no hope to live since there's so many problems such as diseases and disabilities. 

Another difference are gay rights. As much as someone may disagree on gay marriage or equality due to religious reasons, LGBT people should have as much of a right as people who aren't. I believe it's fine to not agree personally, but to attempt to discriminate the community is another story. LGBT can be something that is disliked by others, but it is never wrong.