Students analyze how cultural, social, and economic factors shape citizens' beliefs about government and policy, explore polling methodology, and examine how political ideologies align with Democratic and Republican party platforms.
The College Board AP United States Government and Politics course covers constitutional foundations of American democracy, interactions among branches of government, civil liberties and civil rights, American political ideologies and beliefs, and political participation. Organized around five big ideas: constitutional underpinnings (CON), civic participation in a representative democracy (CIT), competing policy-making interests (PMI), methods of political analysis (PRD), and liberty and order (LOR). The AP exam includes multiple-choice, free-response, and a document-based question.
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