Conservative Democrat

It is important for people to make the right choice when voting for political figures. Who people vote for effects everyone. The people we elect to office are going to be there for a while so it’s important that they stand for the right values. The only way we are going to know what they stand for is if we are willing to take the time to research it and find out. If we are going to vote we need to make sure we make an informed vote otherwise we should not vote at all. It is important to know…

candidate they appear to be on both far ends of the spectrum but in each category (republican and democrat) certain individuals appear to be closer to the middle. Some believe this theory is becoming obsolete but I would have to disagree. I think the theory is still at work because not everyone believes in one candidate fully that sticks to one side of the spectrum. In both republican and democrat there are extremist who fall heavily on one side than the other, but there are also those who…

polarized along partisan lines? Is there a culture war? Is the red-America/blue-America split real? What is party polarization? Party polarization is the greater agreement on policy stand within each party and sharper policy differences between the Democrats and Republicans. Ever since the political parties in America were created, they have strived to gain power and achieve certain policy goals. Political scientist James Q. Wilson argues “that the cultural split is deep and is reflected in…

This past political election for president of the United States of America has caused a lot of conflict and has polarized our country. America has two political parties, democrat and republican. Democrats tend to be more liberal and sometimes socialistic in their thinking. Some of the democrats think the government should be responsible for its citizens and provide for their needs, such as a job, insurance, and social programs that help with a variety of resources. And they seem to believe…

us or protect us or influence our decisions, limit what we can do, and just so much more. So you can imagine that political ideology, your stance on all of that, plays a huge role. The three ideologies I've been asked to discuss are liberal, conservative, and libertarian. Liberals, as the name implies, are open to new behaviors and policies and are willing to discard traditional values if it means society's advancement towards the well-being of the individual and equality in general. It's for…

Justice who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan. He was a well-rounded judge who stood for the Constitution, and the way the founders intended the constitution to be conceived. He was a conservative judge who stood his ground for what he believed was the correct thing to do. Leaning to the conservative side, Scalia made a decision to uphold the constitution. He believed the constitution was not to make change easier but delay or prevent change. Scalia voted against the Affordable care act,…

the increased in partisan polarization, on the party in government begins with the Republican and Democrat party becoming more of a “policy position” to those who identify with one expect for the other to have extremely different political views. Voters could also switch to the party that takes…

There are many views and values people consume today. It is becoming more prevalent in our country with the 2016 Presidential Election taking place. In our country, we have people that are democrats, republicans and liberals. The candidates in our 2016 Presidential Election bring out their true colors based on their morality views. In this essay I will analyze and discuss my views on the Chapter 2 Ted Talk video that was led by psychologist Jonathan Haidt. The first viewpoint I have…

tie the hands of the generals. The division of power between the republicans and democrats had made it an even more difficult decision when it came to this bill. Early on in the briefing room Snow had made it very apparent that the president would veto and congress would sustain it, making his speech short and to the point. Bush was a republican and then there was a democratic side which was liberals vs. conservatives. Going back to the generals hands being tied up, because bush was a…

pointed out a lot issues that many Americans do not want to deal with. All of this would come to use with the paradigms set up by the democrats and republicans as reference points, and also other paradigms that have more common for reference points.…