Single-party state

The 2015 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…

voters with controversial social issues that are attached to pro-business economic policies, i.e. cultural anger is used to achieve economic gains. By focusing on issues like abortion, the Republican party can create financial benefits for the affluent -like tax cuts and union busting- because the single issue voters will accept anything that coincides with their dominant issue. Since there’s a strong rhetoric in the GOP that the elite, wealthy, and well connected are actually making the…

most powerful tool to build social relationship with political parties and their supporters. Before I elaborate about Mitt Romney’s social media campaign, let’s talk about the Republican Party. Republican party is the one of the two major political parties in the United States. And in 2012, Mitt Romney was the presidential candidate from the Republican Party. Republican party’s political mission is to produce more jobs in the United States, give equal work opportunities to everybody, and…

in January of 1919 with Anton Drexler. Drexler had just founded the German Workers’ Party (DAP) inside the Fuerstenfelder hotel in Munich, a few months before-hand Hitler demobilized in Munich due to an almost complete demilitarisation of German forces. After Hitler’s return he was assigned intelligence agent by a reconnaissance commando of the Reich Defence. His mission was to infiltrate the German Workers’ Party, but Hitler took a liking to Anton Drexler’s ideologies while spying on them.…

One of the great questions of history is: How was the Nazi party allowed to come to power? It is important to note that the National Socialists did not win power through a coup or by forcibly taking over but in fact were democratically elected into power by the German people. This means that normal people allowed one of the most evil regimes in history to take total control over their entire lives. It makes one have to ask: How did the Nazis convince the German people to accept them and their…

Political party polarization is a topic of great interest to political scientists. There is a myriad of research on the subject that explores both its generalities and specifics, from explanations of how a party system can become polarized to attempts to quantify levels of polarization in particular nations. In his article “The Quality and the Quantity of Party Systems,” Russell J. Dalton defines the phenomenon as reflecting “the degree of ideological differentiation among political parties in a…

In this case study, the student, Kim has made a few bad decisions that affected her of receiving a failing grade in her Psychology course. Kim decided she deserved to go partying and it took a toll of her and her grade. Many school related events lead to this outcome of her receiving a failing grade. Kim had a tension with her husband and stress of her school assignment which lead to a bad outcome with her grade. I recommend Kim accept it and chose wiser decisions. Kim and her husband have…

the person in order to find the locations of the bombs. In the end, this will save many people but may take away rights from people when the government sees right. This can bring other problems within society as citizens may have less trust in the state or fear it. With this topic, there is a large ethical dilemma that one must consider when debating these sides. Mass surveillance is also a good topic. This is becoming a large problem is a lot of societies, where governments are spying on their…

Opportunity. A single word that yields multiple connotations. Worldwide we can identify the vast opportunities that life may grant us. Such opportunities falsely present themselves in the United States that they exist; however, they don’t. In America, a few of the basic foundations of Americanism are labor, education, and healthcare. Through these issues, we can realize that while we institute within our minds that we have opportunities, the blockage of bureaucracy, special interests, and…

could. I have learned about the great depression many times throughout my education but I never realized how desperate these people really were. Tom and his family's trip is a great example of this. It amazed me that Tom’s entire family fit in a single car and drove across the country to look for work that wasn’t even guaranteed. Then the family found out, from a man in the camp they were staying in, that the work they were seeking probably wasn’t available anymore. However, they still ended up…