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Political Culture is a set of attitudes and practices held by a people that shapes their political behavior. It includes moral judgments,
political myths, beliefs, and ideas about what makes for a good society. A political culture is a reflection of a government, but it also
incorporates elements of history and tradition that may predate the current regime. 

Political cultures matter because they shape a population’s political

perceptions and actions. Governments can help shape political culture and
public opinion through education, public events, and commemoration of the
past. Political cultures vary greatly from state to state and sometimes even
within a state. Generally speaking, however, political culture remains more
or less the same over time.

The concept of political culture was first proposed by Gabriel Almond

(1956) and subsequently employed in The Civic Culture (1963). The Civic
Culture is credited with popularizing the political culture sub-field and is considered to be the
first systematic study in this field. In the text Almond and Verba examine the democratic
systems in five countries, the United States, Germany, Mexico, Italy, and the United Kingdom.
They consider political culture to be the element that connects individual attitudes with the
overall political system structure.

Almond defined political culture as “the particular pattern of orientations to

political action in which every political system is oriented.”

political culture, in political science, a set of shared views and

normative judgments held by a population regarding its political
system. The notion of political culture does not refer to attitudes
toward specific actors, such as a president or prime minister, but
rather denotes how people view the political system as a whole and
their belief in its legitimacy.
American political scientist Lucian Pye defined political culture as
the composite of basic values, feelings, and knowledge that underlie
the political process. In his own words, "Political culture is the set of attitudes,
beliefs, and sentiments, which give order and meaning to a political process and which provide
the underlying assumptions and rules that govern behavior in the political system"

Political culture has been studied most intensively in the context of

established Western democracies. The classic study of political
culture is The Civic Culture (1963) by American political
scientists Gabriel Almond and Sydney Verba.
Political values are the beliefs, goals, principles, and policies that a community feels are
important. Political values have the ability to shape a society's political culture. A political
ideology is the way that someone views political values, power, and government roles. 

What does political culture mean?

Political culture refers to the shared set of beliefs that a group of people have about
their political system. This includes the values, opinions, and understanding of the
citizens of the political process.

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Political culture describes how culture impacts politics. Every political system is embedded in a
particular political culture. (From Wikipedia)

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A political culture is composed of the attitudes, beliefs, emotions

and values of society that relate to the political system and to
political issues.1 These attitudes may not be consciously held, but
may be implicit in an individual or group relationship with the
political system.

This is not a distinct set of attitudes, beliefs and values, but a set of attitudes some of which are in
common with other sub-cultures.

Different types of political cultures exist among the people of different

states.

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The interaction between the political system and the political culture is
very close. There can be broad consensus among the people
regarding the existing political system and its basic structure. In that
case, the political system is strong and stable. On the contrary, the
structure of the existing political system, with disagreement among
the people in the context of the tasks, poses a serious hostility to the
political system. As a result, the foundation of that political system
weakens.