My Definition of Politics

In order to begin to define politics in my own way, I began by finding out how others defined it. Webster's Dictionary defines politics as, "the total complex of relations of people living in society". Another definition I found was, “competition between competing interest groups or individuals for power and leadership”. Together, I believe these define politics.

Politics are the complex relations of people living in a certain society that have competition between interest groups or individuals, either within the society (democrats and republicans) or with another society (war).

This image shows competing interest within the American society. They are two political parties, equally important to our government, that have conflicting interests and ideals. I believe that having these two competing parties is what fuels our government to make the decisions they do to better improve and protect our society.

This image compares the conflict against America and Iran to a game of football. This shows competition between interest groups that are from two different societies. The depiction relates to the American society using a popular sport that is known for its roughness.

              Sports are a good comparison to politics, especially when it comes to the state of Kentucky. Louisville and Lexington are considered to separate societies both competing to have the best university. Each city thinks that they are better than the latter, and many debates and fights have been had on the subject. Just think of the riots that occurred after the defeat against Louisville during the National Championships for basketball last year. Those riots didn’t happen because we were just excited about winning, they happened because we won against Louisville. The close relation and fierce competition of the two cities is considered politics.