My political socialization is influenced by my parents, media, education, life events and gender. My family was not religious nor traditional, so religion and race had no effect on my views at all. When I was a child, my father and I would watch various news sources during breakfast together. My family was not religious, so religion had no effect on my views. The news reports would always range between assorted topics and my father would always talk about which he agreed/disagreed with. If I was ever curious about a topic or about the people on television, He would explain to me what the political stances were. I had my own favorite newscasters and I would occasionally listen to them as my father left the news playing loudly in our home.