Individualism is not submerged in any way, but the group recognizes the need of individuals to assign value to the group. Government tends to be seen as a positive force. New England and the Upper Middle West are the central areas for this culture type. Individual Political Culture Dominant Mixed with Others Individual Political Culture . In areas with this type of political culture, government is seen as having a very practical orientation.
Private concerns are more important than public concerns here.
Dirty politics would be accepted as a fact. The key to understanding this type is that people accept dirty politics as the way things are and should be. The Middle-Atlantic States through Illinois, and to the West, is the belt for this type of culture. One of the things I noticed when I lived near Chicago in the 1970's was that support for the obviously corrupt government of Chicago was widespread. The reason was puzzling until understood within the construct of Individual Political Culture.