major differences in the political viewpoints of moralistic, traditional, and individualistic subcultures? What are the three key characteristics of each political subculture
What are the major differences in the political viewpoints of moralistic, traditional, and individualistic subcultures? What are the three key characteristics of each political subculture?

In his book 'American Federalism: A View from the States', Daniel Elazar talks about three political subculture namely -moralistic, traditional and individualistic. According to him, political subculture is a certain pattern that is oriented towards political action. It denotes the functioning of state and local political mechanism and explain actions of these institutions in wider political system
In US, the national political culture has two contrasting views on the political system;
- As a market place; groups participate based of self interest and bargain and negotiate each other for their motives
- As a commonwealth; based on shared principles and morals, groups engages in an political space setting aside their differences and interests to achieve what is best for the people in the society.
This national subculture he further divided into three subculture as we disx
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