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Edexcel A Level Politics Paper 3A > Democracy & Participation: Parties > Flashcards

Democracy & Participation: Parties Flashcards

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What are examples of the people in the liberal faction within the democrat party?

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  • Bernie Sanders: 2016 presidential campaign saw him advocate free education, reversing Citizens united v FEC, universal health care, and increasing tax
  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Been a congress woman since 2017 in NY. Describes herself as a socialist
  • Elizabeth Warren: In 2015, she led charge against the Trans-Pacific Trade Deal, but her actions didn’t work.
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What % of democrats believed abortion should be legal depending on circumstances in 2019?

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45%

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What are examples of Conservative democrats?

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Joe Manchin: The only democrat to vote for Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment to the bench in 2018. Was suggested briefly as a cabinet member for trump.

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What is a caucus which aligns with the conservative fraction within the democrat party?

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Blue Dog Democrats

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What are the Blue Dog Democrats?

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  • A caucus who identify as fiscally conservative centralist democrats.
  • Professes an independence from leadership of both parties and a mission of fiscal responsibility and promoting national defence.
  • 19 currently in the house of reps.
  • On 14th Jan 2020, Blue Dogs pushed Dems to pass the budget.
  • However, they are endangered.
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What are over 50% of moderate and liberal democrats united over?

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Want a presidential candidate to reduce global warming.

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What do moderate and conservative democrats distinctly oppose?

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federal healthcare for undocumented immigrants

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What example demonstrates how the democrat liberal faction has increased since 1994?

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In 2018, the liberal cohort has doubled to 51% compared to 1994.

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What are examples that demonstrate the potential rise of socialism?

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  • In 2016, Sanders nearly won the presidential nomination over Clinton.
  • Advocated: free healthcare, free college tuition, moral obligation to leave healthy planet to next generation, economic equality etc,.
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What are examples of Democrats uniting over climate change?

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In 2018, a Green New Deal was launched by Congressional Democrats: The proposal calls for a new House select committee to draft a bill that executes the Green New Deal bar.

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How has the democrat party shown unity?

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  • Over leaders. Around (Biden) or against (Trump)
  • $1 trillion infrastructure bill, where all 50 democrats in the Senate united behind it. 69-30 (though speaker Pelosi had to delay it due to the deviant progressives of the party)
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What is a fiscal conservative?

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Economy functions best with minimal governmental influence (lowering tax and regulation).

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What are the Tea Party?

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  • Oppose excessive taxation and gov intervention in private sectors
  • Support stronger immigration control
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What are examples of the Tea Party influence?

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  • Republicans won back the house in 2010 by gaining 63 seats in a major shift, with dozens of tea-party backed Newcomers joining the GOP caucus in response to Obamacare.
  • Ted Cruz, an advocate for the Tea Party, was elected to the Senate in 2012 for Texas. He waged a 21 hour filibuster against a gov spending extension as part of his crusade against Obamacare. This tactic led to a 16 day gov shutdown.
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What did House majority leader from 2019-2023 Nancy Pelosi say about the Tea Party?

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  • called for republicans to ‘take back your party’ from ‘extremists’.
  • the Tea Party has ‘hijacked the name of Republican.’
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What recent examples demonstrates the divisions within the republicans party?

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  • In 2023, there were 14 defeats for electing the House of Representative leader McCarthy due to failure of trumpians to unite behind him. Said ‘I never thought I would get up here’.
  • The debt ceiling vote demonstrated division within the senate
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What event was also happening at the same time as the vote for house speaker in 2023?

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  • Biden was speaking in Kentucky at an event with Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell promoting the 2021 infrastructure bill McConnell helped pass.
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What % of republicans believe abortion should be legal under certain circumstances in 2019?

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67%

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What are the three republican factions?

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  • Moderates
  • Fiscal conservatives
  • Social conservatives
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What are the key values & names of the moderate faction of the republicans?

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  • less socially conservative.
  • Advocate bigger role for the state within society and the economy.
  • Unwilling to repeal Obamacare in its entirety.
  • More sympathetic towards immigration and higher public spending on education.
  • Tend to come from suburban seats and the east coast.
  • Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski are moderates who voted for the impeachment of trump (2nd time)
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What are the key values of fiscal conservatives?

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  • Keen to reduce government spending.
  • Advocate a ‘small government’, tax cuts, keen to push back government regulation like environmental protection measures.
  • Strong supporters of balanced budget and reducing the budget deficit.
  • Keen to repeal Obamacare and health spending.
  • Members tend to represent strongly republican areas in the South and Midwest. Emerged out of the Tea Party movement.
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What are the key values of the social conservative republican faction?

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  • Strong supporters of traditional heterosexual marriage and pro-life stance on abortion.
  • tend to favour death penalty, robust policing & tough sentencing.
  • Strong links with the religious right, and white conservative evangelical Christianity.
  • support prayers in public school and defender of 2nd amendment.
  • oppose legalising the use of recreational drugs.
  • Associated in Congress with the Republican Study Committee which is the largest ideological caucus in congress. Leading futures include Ted Cruz and Mike Pence.
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Who publicly stated in Aug 2020 that he would not vote for President Trump?

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Scott from Vermont, a northeast liberal state.

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What % of republicans see themself as conservative in 2021?

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74%

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What % of republican voters did not want Trump as the next republican presidential candidate according to a 2021 survey?

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35%

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What Caucus is an example of fiscal conservatism?

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House Freedom Caucus

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What is the House Freedom Caucus?

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  • Congressional caucus in the House of Representatives.
  • It adopts fiscal conservatism features like a reduction on healthcare expenditure.
  • “support accountable and limited government, the constitution, and the rule of law”
  • Have 29 members since 2001.
  • Mainly from southern states like Virginia, Texas, and Ohio

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