factions within the Democrat and Republican party

Question 1

Liberal democrat policies

Answer 1

• social and racial justice, opposing death penalty and mandatory prison sentences
• LGBTQ+ rights
• free college education for all students
• environmental issues (green new deal)
• Medicare for all
• greater state intervention in society
• gun control
• legalisation of marijuana
• reforming campaign finance
• sceptical of capitalism
• interventionist

Question 2

liberal democrat name of caucus and case study example

Answer 2

Name: Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) - just under 100 members

example: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC)
- universal jobs guarantee - $15 minimum wage
- cancel all student debt
- universal healthcare
- “in any other country, Joe Biden and I would not be in the same party”

Question 3

moderate democrat policies

Answer 3

• a ‘public option for healthcare’
• minority rights but more cautious about wholesale reforms of police
• making college more affordable
• tax reforms for middle classes
• $15 minimum wage
• measures to reduce climate change e.g re-joining Paris agreement
• fair and humane immigration reform
• affordable housing - $640 billion over the next 10 years

Question 4

moderate democrat name of caucus and case study example

Answer 4

Name: New Democrat Coalition Caucus - just over 100 members (largest)

example: Joe Biden
- covid rescue plan - $1.9 trillion to support families
- Infrastructure bill
- American families plan

Question 5

conservative democrat policies

Answer 5

• socially conservative, fiscally neo-conservative, favouring balanced budgets
• less supportive of LGBTQ+ rights and gun control - some have high NRA ratings
• bipartisan promises with moderate republicans

Question 6

conservative democrat name of caucus and example

Answer 6

Name: Blue Dog Coalition - just 26 members (smallest)

example:
Joe Manchin - West Virginian senator
- refused to support joe biden’s climate change measures in infrastructure bill
- opposes gay marriage but excepts it is settled in law
- pro-life
- pro-coal
- pro-gun ownership

Question 7

Moderate republican policies

Answer 7

• advocate for bigger role of the state within society and economy
• more sympathetic towards immigration
• low taxation
• some support for gay marriage

Question 8

moderate republican name of caucus and example

Answer 8

Name: Tuesday Group - 15-20 members

Example: Susan Collins
- pro-choice
- voted against Trump trying to repeal Obamacare
- supported same-sex marriage

Question 9

Fiscal conservative republican policies

Answer 9

• keen to reduce gov spending in most areas to curve ‘waste’
• small gov
• balanced budget and reducing budget deficit
• keen to repeal Obamacare and health spending

Question 10

fiscal conservative republican name of caucus and example

Answer 10

Name: Freedom caucus - 35-40 members

Example: Jim Jordan and Trump
- families and taxpayers know how to make decisions with their money
- cutting taxes - people keeping more of what they earnt
- higher taxes threatening innovation

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Question 11

social conservative republican policies

Answer 11

• strong supporters of traditional heterosexual couples
• pro-life
• robust policing and tough sentencing (supporting death penalty)
• strong links with the ‘religious right’, and white conservative evangelical Christianity
• support prayer in public schools
• defenders of 2nd amendment
• oppose legalising the use of recreational drugs such as marijuana
  -social and moral policy focus