topic 5.2 Parties Flashcards
what did the founding fathers say about political aprties
they were very wary of the tribalistic and divsive powers of parties however,
they understood that naturally people’s views would divide in 2
madison- ‘ men by their consitution are naturally divded into two parties
how are the modern political parties organised:
- both dem and rep both have national infastructure
- and obth are rogansied at state elvel with each state having their own dem and rep parties with own patfrom which are relevent to issues of a particular area
these subsections lead to broad and divrse parties
what is the overall republican view on social and moral issues
want to preserve organic society and views are based stongly on chirstianity opposing gay marriage and abortion
ex trump was first president to attend an anti abortion rally in 2020 arguing that ‘every life brings love into this world’
what is the overall democrat view on social and moral issues?
they favour progressive change and represntation of minorities
they instagates the 1964 civil rights movement
they favour rehabilitation
after geroge folyd supported the fact that insittions in america are insitutionally racism
pro choice and pro LGTBQ
overall republican view on governemnt intervention into the economy
lassiez faire economics favouring minimal intervention of state in economy
trump argues that obamas american recovery and investments act was a ny excuse to esablish unprecedented control over financial markets
overall democrat view on intervention into economy
influenced by modern liberal principles of having an enabling state giving people a hand up fincncailly
obama was a large advorcate for keynesian economicsa dn defecit spending
787 billion dollar stimulus package to help people after 2008 financial crash
overall repoblican view on soical welfare
influence by neo-conservatives
state should be a saftey net and not give out large handouts for people to depend on
trump really wanted to get rid of ‘obama care’
low tax small state
democracts v republcians on gun control
dems: tighter bakcground checks on who can biy guns
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republicans protecting peoples consitutional right to bear arms
democratcs v republicans on minimum wage
democracts in 2016 wanted to see it increase to 15 dollars
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republcians beleive that it is a state and local level issues
overall democract view on social welfare
keen to win the ‘war on poverty’ since president johnson
passsed the afforable care act
what limits do constitnets place upon the importance of parties
when electing represtative tot eh house of representivates voting is going ot be more based off of what they will do for the specific community issues rather than just voting on party lines
short eelction cycle means that they have to be reactive to the issues of their consitutits rather than being loyal to the party if they want to eb re-elected
what limits fo interest groups place upon the importance of parties in america?
a hidden limit that isnt obvious however, the high expense of elections means that interest groups play a large role in funding both parties and indivdual candiates.
for example if the NRA are supplying money to a democratic represtative they may vote against a the parties gun control motion
what limits do congressional causues have on inportance of parties in US
- groups of congressmen who share specific interests come together when voting despite party lines
for example the blakc caucus and womens caucus
what percentage of women voted for biden v trump
57 percent of women voted for biden
what percetnage of african americans votes for biden over trump
87%
what % of young people voted biden
60% (18-29)
what is the trend of income that relates to who votes for biden and trump
people with salaries lower than 55 k a year more likely to vote for trumps comaptes to peopel on over 200k a year more likley to vote for biden
why are men more likley to vote trump
more likely to have corporate jobs which republicnas put a high importance on
why are white people more likely to ote for trump
sticrter immigration olicy
stopping immigration from 12 muslim majoirity contries
what are the key beliefs of the liberal faction of democrats
represtn radical left wing elements of the parties
social justice through more welfare and healthcare
support govintervention in economy and less intervention deploying troops abroad
example of elizabeth warren liberal policies
- suports capitalism but wants to riase minimum wage to 15 p/h
- ban gerrymandering and ban political lobbying
key views of the moderate faction democrats
centrism and compormose
more willing to support welfare refrom , tax cuts and restictions on civil liberties like anti terrorism acts
bill clinton moderate views
- satsified both sides with ‘dont ask dont tell’ didnt achieve full anti descrimination
- north american free trade agreemnt tax free zone betwwen us candaa and mexico
chuch schumer moderate democrat views
- pro choice
- voted for impeachment of clinton
- supported voting laws and led succsessful cmapaign of compomise only needing signatures
