Events That Created Tension Within The Parties

Question 1

How did the Cold War create tension within the parties?

Answer 1

. The Cold War enabled both major parties to be very ideologically similar due to both parties accepting the same foreign policy consensus.
. After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the need for this consensus ended, as a result the two main parties stated to grow more ideologically distinct.

Question 2

How did Reagan create tension within the parties?

Answer 2

. He wooed Conservatives away from the Democratic Party while making it more uncomfortable for moderates to remain in the Republican Party.

Question 3

How did Technology create tension within the parties?

Answer 3

. Led to the rise of the new media which was better at informing people of the news.
. As a result of this partisanship increased and the political debate became less civil.
. The internet encouraged the polarisation of ideas, as well as encouraging greater debates on moral issues.