Conservative Democrat

According to Drew Desilver, “You don’t have to look hard to see evidence of political polarization.” Just watch cable news, listen to talk radio, follow social-media debates, or eavesdrop a conversation at a coffee shop - anyone in the Unites States has seen the partisan polarization developing throughout political culture. But what causes the extreme polarization so evident in today’s society? One of the primary causes of polarization is partisan activists. Partisan activists are the…

even defunded Planned Parenthood for their states. A person’s level of support for rights affecting groups other than racial minorities speaks volumes about their political views. Like Victor asserts in the article, Republicans and Conservatives are aligning, while Democrats and Liberals are aligning. However, I believe that there are very prominent social issues, such as a woman’s right to choose and the rights of the LGBTQ+ community, which are greatly affecting the 2016 election, which…

One of the greatest responsibilities and freedoms we have in the United States of America is the right to vote and pick our political officials. This responsibility should never be taken lightly or be wasted by not being responsible and reviewing what the leaders that we vote in power believe in or what they can do for communities and our country. By looking at local and federal election data, and other areas of research, we will see what voters in the Great Lakes states are thinking about…

Throughout the last century of the United States, there have been different periods in which our country passed legislation for tax cuts. By lowering tax rates, tax revenue that the government collects increases and the economy will grow. The common misconception of cutting taxes is that by cutting them, the United States is cutting the revenue gained for the government. However, there are many times in history where this misconception was proven wrong. The 1920’s, 60’s, and 80’s were all…

chose the party’s name to recall the Jeffersonian Republican’s concern with the national interest. The Republican Party is a more conservative while Democrats are more liberal. The Democratic Party was formed in 1790 as a group of Thomas Jefferson’s supporters. They demonstrated their beliefs in the principle of popular government and their opposition to monarchism. Democrats won every presidential election in the years of 1836-60, but the slavery issues split the party. Both these parties often…

told them that if Bryan won their job would be gone tomorrow and there rumors that workers would be paid 50 cents rather than $1. The election symbolized that gold would be used rather than silver, victory that especially helped for business, conservatives, and middle class, and was the start of the continued winning of Republican presidents. Republican Stand-pattism Enthroned (Pg. 536) How did new government policies under McKinley reinforce and reinvigorate the Republican ideals such as high…

this paper, I went online and took and online quiz from “Quizony” called “Are You a Democrat or Republican?” I had to answer 29 scrambled questions about issues in society today and how what I thought was the best way to fix them. I am aware that this is not an academic study that I took, but the results I received I feel describe my political views spot on. The quiz came back with the results that I am 60% Democrat and 40% Republican with the explanation, “You may be mostly liberal, but a…

According to the Pew Ideology Poll I am classified under the category of Solid Liberals, along with about 65% of my classmates. When I analyze my views with the pew typology profiles I find that most of my views align with the secular democrat profile. My political opinions are strongly driven by social issues, I am not very religious, I am very pro-environment, I support government to the extent that it functions efficiently and is not manipulated by money and power. These views on politics are…

Conservatives and Liberal Democrats committed to investing £8 billion each year in the NHS. ‘areas like district nursing and mental health even worse off’. Cuts made by coalition to student nursing commissions in 2010 led to a reduction of 3375 places in 2010. A reliance…

liberal. His acceptance of conservatism first started in the 1950s when he became more opposed to heavy government taxation. Furthermore, his changing political beliefs were further guided towards the right by his second wife Nancy Reagan, whose own conservative views would go on to be a great influence on him for the rest of his life. Reagan, however, wasn’t always a dominating politician, instead he spent the majority of his life as a B-movie actor in Hollywood. Though he began as an A-lister…