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SPECTRUMS AND PARTIES

SPECTRUMS AND PARTIES. Political parties are loosely formed around these broad political ideologies. . DEMOCRATS generally seen as liberal because they support government regulation of the economy. REPUBLICANS

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SPECTRUMS AND PARTIES

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  1. SPECTRUMS AND PARTIES Political parties are loosely formed around these broad political ideologies.

  2. DEMOCRATS generally seen as liberal because they support government regulation of the economy REPUBLICANS generally seen as conservative because they advocate a reduction in government TWO MAJOR U.S. PARTIES

  3. MORE SPECIFICALLY… • Within parties, there are people who hold a variety of opinions on social and economic issues that fall along the spectrum of political ideologies • Examples are liberal Democrats, moderate Democrats, moderate Republicans, and conservative Republicans

  4. REPUBLICANS DEMOCRATS BOTH PARTIES LEAN TOWARD MODERATE Current theorists say that U.S. political parties are becoming increasingly moderate and therefore less easily separated on the political spectrum

  5. Communists? Socialists? Fascists? Absolutists? WHERE WOULD YOU PUT… LEFT RIGHT CONSERVATIVE FASCIST SOCIALIST LIBERAL CENTRISTS ABSO REACT. COMMUNIST RADICAL

  6. LEFT Pro Gun Control Pro-Choice (Abortion) No Censorship Prisons should Rehabilitate Pro-Privacy Equal Funding for Education Democratic Party Platform RIGHT Anti-Gun Control Pro-Life (Abortion) Anti-Flag Burning Prisons Should Punish Prayer in Schools School Vouchers Republican Party Platform CURRENT ISSUES

  7. MATCH WHERE YOU FALL WITH THE FOLLOWING POLITICAL FIGURES Ronald Reagan Jesse Jackson Ted Kennedy Hillary Clinton Bill Clinton George Bush Jack Kemp Bob Dole Colin Powell 100% LIBERAL 100% CONSERVATIVE

  8. PURPOSES of POLITICAL PARTIES Select Candidates Raise funds Identify Issues

  9. Act as Watchdog (monitor the opposing party, and their own party) Conduct Campaigns

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