probability there is of the democratic representative winning the house or states. This is largely to do with the low voter turnout of the midterm election by the democrats. Democrats have steadily been losing power at the state level since Obama’s reelection. In 2009 democrats had complete control over twenty state governments, currently democrats only have control in twelve states and of those twelve states they only have full control in eight. The loss of control over state governments by the…
system, where the Republican and Democratic parties have dominated American politics. Initially, the views and issues of the Republican Party was originally the same views shared by the early democratic party. The early Democratic Party possessed conservative ideologies which opposed expansion of federal power, supported states’ rights and supported discriminatory Black codes. While the Republican Party were quite liberal and supported the expansion of federal power, civil rights movement and…
My parents always voted Democrat also everyone else in my family. It was very unusual to vote conservative in my family. Growing up lower-middle-class I've always been economically liberal. but growing up in a religious household. I've been more socially conservative throughout my life. I didn't believe in marriage equality and women's right of choice. I’ve always been politically aware from a young age. I knew who the president was. I knew the United States army involvement around the world…
focus more on Fox News or other conservative news. On the other side, some consume from the New York time, CNN or other liberal media. This is so relevant to the controversy that we witness. In general, this is a problem because when people don't read from more than one news outlets they tend to don't understand fully picture, or the entire concept of story as draw from other options or other Conner of the…
press, congress, and even senior official within his own administration” says Jach Goldsmith. This shows that the control of the president and government is to a minimum because of all the worry that they have caused. America needs to turn back to conservative values, this nation has turned away from good values, the republican side of the election was the better side of the deal, neither parties candidates was a good choice, but Trumps values like no same sex marriage and no abortion are…
Texas political alignment began as a strong and faithful for the Democratic Party. Through time however the political alignment switched from Democratic, to Republican, to a long lasting Democratic until turning back into the Republican alignment we have today. The particular rime and the economy of Texas was a large part of what cause these changes. To dive deeper into the changes of political alignment we have to understand who was in power at the time both in the national government and state…
Robert Applegate IV was born in a small town in Rhode Island and was raised conservative by his parents. He majored in journalism in the prestigious Annenberg School of Communications and Journalism at the University of Southern California with a minor in a minor in political science. He started off working as a writer for the Los Angeles Times right out of college. Here he rose up through the ranks where he became editor in chief. However, he missed living on the East Coast and applied to work…
Democrats are opposed to this idea because of the fact the supreme court will be more in favor of Conservative views. This can have impact on things such as welfare, taxes, and other hot topics that the two parties tend to disagree on. All the Supreme court justices and nominees are well qualified to run…
In “Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Speech”, conservative-republican Donald Trump, promising that he could best improve the the United State’s foreign policy, urges his conservative audience to elect into office. Assuming that Americans believe that the U.S is the most exceptional country, Trump appeals to his audience’s emotions when he sets out to enrage the audience by suggesting that President Barack Obama, weakened the once-strong foreign policy, thereby causing America to lose its high rank…
“Those damn liberals are wasting all of our money!” or “Those crazy conservatives are running the country to the ground!” I’m sure you’ve heard things like these before and they are becoming all the more common. This is just one example of how political hyperpolarization is becoming more prominent. Political Hyperpolarization in American Politics is a growing trend that leads to deadlock in government and political pandering at the expense of the common good. This can be solved by reforming the…