CLEP US Government

Category - Political Culture

What is the relationship between political ideology and political culture?
  1. One can have an ideology without having a political culture, but one cannot have a political culture without having an ideology.
  2. One can have a political culture without having an ideology, but one cannot have an ideology with having a political culture.
  3. Most ideologies in a given country will fit within that country’s political culture.
  4. Ideology is for groups and culture is for individuals.
  5. They are opposite concepts.
Explanation
Answer: C- It is unusual for an individual’s ideology to not fit within that person’s political culture. If too many people have ideologies that violate the political culture, then the political culture will have to change. This is because political cultures will only work if they bring the people together as a whole.
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