Conservative Democrat

Rep. Lipinski, is a pro-life Democrat, who has a long record of opposing pro-abortion legislation. For instance, he opposed the “Democrats’ health care overhaul” because “its provision banning federal funds for abortions wasn’t strong enough,” despite other conservative Democrats supporting it (Almanac). Consequently, he’s the 5th most conservative Democrat, and out of all the bills that he has cosponsored, including this one, 58% have been introduced by a member of another party. His political ideology is similar to former Speaker John Boehner, as seen below (2015 Report Card - Daniel…

We hear it all the time: “America is completely divided.” “The red states and the blue states.” “Democrats vs. Republicans.” “Liberals vs. conservatives.” Question: Can you think of anything important on which the two sides agree? Answer: Yes! It turns out that while the most liberal liberals and the most conservative conservatives disagree dramatically on politics and economics, they agree rather spectacularly on family-centered principles and priorities. A remarkable new study from the…

In the last century, this has been a re-occurring trait, with coalition governments being very rare. The 1940-45 coalition between the Conservatives, who had a parliamentary majority, with the Labour and Liberal parties, is one such exception, but this was largely due to the fact that Britain was at war. The only example of a deviation from a concentration of executive power in one party in the post-war era is the two minority Labour governments of the 1970s. Internal strife within the Labour…

of the changes New Labour made to the constitution was the reform of the House of Lords. The House of Lords Act 1999 had the House of Lords reduced by nearly a half with non-hereditary members rising from 41% to 87% (Ludlam & Smith, 2004:129). This impacted British politics in terms of democracy as this was seen as a big shift to a more representative state due to many of the hereditary members being Conservative (Ludlam & Smith 2004: 161)(Russell 2011: 16). However, it did warrant an even more…

Phase I As a child and up until I was a young man, I was raised in a family with a Presbyterian background. My father was a preacher, and it is of my opinion, you could say he taught hell, fire, and brimstone. My political back ground was scarce, but when discussed was that of Republican. I grew up in a small West Texas town in the mist of the Bible-belt. We were a very poor family, and as a child my father enforced the concept of being conservative and appreciating the gifts that were…

eight year old; when imagining a person ten years superior to oneself, they often seem detached and un-relatable. In the words of every petulant child to their parent, “you just don’t get it.” When it boils down to it, are the generations really that different? One woman raised conservatively in the 1950s saw unbelievable progress is technology and societal norms, she also lived in fear of nuclear war and saw the president’s death; now she believes our world needs better representation and more…

Assignment Two With the establishment of a powerful two-party political system in the United States, the Democrats and Republicans – there are vital differences between the two which distinguish one from another and are founded on very powerful beliefs. Both political parties are beneficial to the United States in their own way, and both also have their downfalls. Examples of some different beliefs the two parties have are on tax policy, social issues, labor and free trade, education, and…

General Election saw the Conservatives win an overall majority, 12 seats ahead of the Labour party and was said to be the most unpredictable election in a generation. With scores of the population having turned away from traditional styles of voting, a nation of swing voters emerged (Cowley and Kavanagh). Whilst it is true to say that social class and age remain fundamental components, it could also be said that more modern short term factors such as issue voting and the media have become more…

Evaluate the Various Arguments Concerning Reform of the House of Lords (40 marks) The House of Lords is the upper house in the Uk’s Parliament, whose role is to scrutinise the legislation that the House of Commons make and propose amendments. Although all legislation has to go through the House of Lords their power has been limited in recent years and many have strong arguments against them. Some argue that in a liberal democracy like the United Kingdom it is undemocratic to have a wholly…

While both structure and agency played a key role in the replacing of the Liberal party with Labour it could be said that structure worked more as a catalyst while agency played a direct part in the replacement of the Liberal party; it could be argued “structure and agency [cannot] be divorced” (McHugh, 2001, p.6). While values giving way to class and an electorate tripling in size does create some convincing arguments that structure is the best explanation for Labour replacing the Liberal party…