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Greetings,

My name is Gabriel Dao-Pick. I live in the Bay Area and am a senior at Summit Public Schools: Shasta. This blog is for my AP Government class and in it, I aim to deconstruct politics in America.


A bit about my political typology: When I was a young child, I learned that liberals are those who are open to new ideas that could improve upon existing ones whereas conservatives are those who subscribe to traditional ideas that have been proven to work. By its definition, I considered myself to be a liberal however, as I grew up, I began to realize that I held a mixed bag of liberal and conservative beliefs. I would not label myself as a Democrat, nor would I label myself as a Republican. I suppose that I would consider myself to be a centrist because I try not to let the stance of any political party create my opinions on important issues but rather, I prefer to form my opinions based on my personal values and on empirical evidence. I recently took a political typology quiz and found that I was labeled as a "young outsider".


It felt a bit strange to see myself labeled on the "right" however, after reading about some of the characteristics of a young outsider, namely that they have both liberal and conservative views, I feel that the label is mostly accurate.

I am looking forwards to sharing my views on American politics!

-Gabe

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