5.2- the democrat party Flashcards
What are key policies on the democrat 2024 party platform?
- codify Roe v Wade
- implement a bill that would grant emergency powers to close the border
- raise the minimum wage
- ACA extends free health care to 20 million americans
What is the ideology of blue dog democrats? example.
- fiscally conservative
- socially moderate
- reducing govt debt, limited intervention,
- e.g Joe Manchin
What is the ideology of the new Democrats?
- fiscally moderate
- socially liberal
- support reforms over radical overhaul
- e.g Tom Carper, joe biden
What is the ideology of liberals? example
- socially and fiscally liberal
- e.g Nancy Pelosi
what is the ideology of congressional progressives? example
- socially and fiscally progressive
- medicare for alll, green new deal, police reform, free university
- e.g Alexandr Ocasio Cortez
what are the biggest areas of agreement between factions? give an example to support this.
- all factions supported the creation of the january 6th committee
- most supported the passage of the affordable care act
What are the biggest areas of disagreement between party factions?
- taxation: AOC suggested raising the highest rate of tax to 70% for people who earn more than 10m
how are labour and the democrats similar?
- both have a progressive attitude towaeds rights
- labour implemented the HRA 1998
- democrats historically supported minority rights (civil rights act and voting rights act)
- democrats implemented the respect for marriage act which offers federal recognition of same sex and interacial marriages
what is the general policy ideas of democrats?
- progressive moral and social issues
- greater govt intervention in the economy
- support for social welfare
give three examples of policies that increase federal intervention in the economy.
the right to organise act 2021- increase power of trade unions
inflation reduction act 2022- green energy investment
affordable care act
who are the current congressional party leaders?
- senate majority leader- chuck schumer
- house minority leader- Hakeen jeffri
what are the areas of agreement between republicans and democrats over foreign policy ? how might this be countered?
- both prioritise funding for defense and national security
- both shown support for israel
- both fearful of china- tiktok, bidens tarriffs
HOWEVER: trump has diverged from this
- repeatedly criticized nato
- withdrew the US from many international agreements e.g the paris agreement
what are the areas of agreement between democrats and republicans over economic policy?
- both support a capitalist framework and limited structural changes (no NHS)
- trade policy e.g china
- united in response to national crisis e.g 2008 and covid
what are the key differences in policy?
- democrats much more progressive on social values
- republicans are much harsher on immigration
- republicans promote growth over climate policies
- democrats support more affordable health care
- democrats support large scale government intervention in the economy
how has trump shown a changing stance towards democracy?
- jan 6th
- denying the 2020 election
- calling individuals from both sides derogitory names
