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Politics of the USA
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- 1Divisions in the Democratic Party1. Progressive Democrats
2. New Democrat Coalitions/Middle-road democrats
3. 'Blue-Dog' Democrats - 2Progressive DemocratsLiberal social agenda - supported S.C. ruling of gay marriage against states (June 2015); Critical of Iraq and Afghanistan and very opposed to military strikes on Syria - 2013; Praise Obamacare; Bernie Sanders
- 3New Democrat COalitionsOpen-minded, progressive and socially liberal; Roughly centre of the Party; Pro-choice and gay marriage; Backed Iraq invasion; Hope to win back Southern Democrats; Worried about blue-collar workers' support; Bill and Hillary Clinton, O'Bama, Mary Landrieu, Bill Nelson
- 4'Blue-dog' DemocratsFeel choked by more liberal and progressive Democrats; Often against gun control and certainly Obamacare; Jim Mattheson; Represents older, white communities; Decreased numbers recently; Might as well be Republican
- 5Factions within the Republican Party1. Rockefeller Republicans
2. 'Main Street' Republicans
3. Social Conservatives/Neo Cons/ Religious Right
4. Libertarians - 6Rockefeller Republicans:More conservative on the economy and more liberal socially - gay rights, education; Urbaner; named after the wealthy family from NY; Aren't many left; RINOS
- 7'Main Street' RepiblicansJohn McCain, Mitt Romney; More conservative on the economy and reasonably conservative on social issues - may very here on abortion etc.; Hardest group to classify
- 8Religious RightRadical right group; Emerged in the 80's following Reagan's Presidency; 'Conviction politics'; Influenced by evangelical Christian groups (Christian Coalition of America); Strong on pro-life and pro-guns and pro-death penalty; Hawkish and favour military intervention - War on Terror
- 9LibertariansVery individualist - against any govt. intervention; Almost liberal - let people be in charge of themselves; Low taxes, no minimum wage or health and safety; Strict adherence to the Constitution alone; Ron Paul
- 10Tea PartyHighly conservative group; Main aim to reduce the national debt and balance the budget and cut govt. spending; Hate Obamacare; Michelle Bachman, Rand Paul; Influence and power decreased since 2014; Started after the 2007 credit crunch; spent force like UKIP
- 11Party Hate Stats2014 -
- 38% of Democrats hates Republicans and 43% vice versa
- 50% of Progressive Democrats and 66% of Neo-Cons believe the other Pary could endager the nation - 12Approval RatesO'Bama - 14%
- President of only half of America (Will Marshall) - 13More Division Stats- 20% of conservative Republicans said they'd live in a multicultural area
- Bill Bishop - "clustering in communities of like-minded people" - 143rd Party Examples1. Ross Perot - 1992 and 1996 - 19% but no ECVs
2. Sanders (Vermont Senator) for the Democrats and as an Indi; Joe Lieberman of Connecticut; Angus King of Maine - 2016
3. 1840s - Know-Nothings
4. George Wallace's American Independent Party - 13% in 1968 and 45 ECVs - only one since WW2 to win a state
5. 2016 - Gary Johnson - Libertarian Party
6. 2016 - American Green Party Activist Jill Stein - 153rd Party Stats60% of independent voters said they just wouldn't vote (2016)
- 16Congressional Party Loyalty- Not one GOP voted for Obamacare
- No Democrat voted against the repeal of "Don't ask, don't tell"
- Only 5 Republicans voted in favour of Elena Kagen and only one Democrat voted against her
- In terms of Congressional voting records, the most conservative Demos were still more liberal than the most liberal GOP Senators - 17More Party Togetherness1. Democrats '6 for 6' - manifesto?
2. Control over candidate funding - withdrawn if gone 'off message'
3. GOP banned delegates from 5 states to go to the 2012 convention for front-loading - 18Income2016 - under $30,000 - Trump = 41% and Clinton = 53%
- 19Black VotesClinton in 2016 - 88% - 80% of black males and 94% females
- 20Hispanic/Latinos2016 - Clinton = 65% and Trump = 30%
- 21Asian VoteClinton 2016 - 65%
- 22ReligionClinton - Jews - 71%
Trump - Jews - 24% of those who voted for him were orthodox
Clinton - Catholic - record low - 37% - 23GenderClinton - only 54%
- 24AgeTrump - 53% of pensioners
Clinton - 55% of millennials
Trump - 48% of white Millennials - 25Region-Trump won an extra 99 ECVs in battleground states - won all the same states as Romney, plus more purple ones
- 26Split-Ticket Voting Stats1. 55% of Demos voted for Reagan in 1980, but made sure the House was Demo
2. 1992 - 63% of states voted the same way for Senate and President, in 2016, 100% did (34 states) - 27Full Federal Shut-downs1. 2013 - 16 days - over budget
2. 1978 - 18 days
3. 1995 - 21 days - 28Turnout- 57.9%
- Minnesota was highest with 74%
- Hawaii was lowest with 24%
- 2012 - highest was Minnesota with a gay marriage initiative too
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