Political Systems p. 2 POLITICS IN AMERICA

New Deal

The ________:: a series of programs and projects instituted by FDR in the Great Depression to restore prosperity to USA by boosting the economy, and providing jobs and relief to the people.

Economic self interest

________:: prime- determiner, explains why rich white voters vote REP because lower taxes, although there are a large number of low- income white voters who vote conservative, even though voting for liberals would benefit them financially.

Green Party

________:: support strict environmental protection laws, labor rights, expanded social programs, and higher taxes on wealthy and corporations.

Gender gap

________:: women are more liberal than men.

Libertarians

________:: neither left nor right, they believe in total individual liberty, means pro- homeschooling, pro- drug legalization, pro- gun rights, pro- abortion, and total economic freedom.

presidential candidate

The first ________ for the Greens was Ralph Nader in 1996, but notably, he raised millions of dollars in 2000 and he siphoned votes away from Gore and made Bush Win.

Conservative

________:: traditional values, government assists the people less.

Political platform

________:: a list of values and actions supported by the political party or individual candidate, done in order to appeal to the general public, which garners public support and votes, always about complicated topics or issues.

Higher education

________:: conservatives think USA public education leans left because teachers generally do, the ________ one obtains, the more likely they lean left.

conservative

traditional values, government assists the people less

liberal

progressive values, government assists the people more

political platform

a list of values and actions supported by the political party or individual candidate, done in order to appeal to the general public, which garners public support and votes, always about complicated topics or issues

levels of "leftness"

liberal, socialism, communism (equality in society)

levels of "rightness"

conservative, authoritarianism, fascism (control of society)

the New Deal

a series of programs and projects instituted by FDR in the Great Depression to restore prosperity to USA by boosting the economy, and providing jobs and relief to the people

political socialization

the process by which citizens establish their political ideology

agents that contribute to our political socialization

family, social groups, economic self-interest, gender gap, higher education, and political views in adolescence

family

kids either want to emulate their parents or reject their ideas, parents are the first people to express political opinion to children

social groups

race, gender, religion, ethnicity, white Catholics generally conservative, African Americans and Jews liberal, Latinos, although Catholic, still liberal

economic self-interest

prime-determiner, explains why rich white voters vote REP because lower taxes, although there are a large number of low-income white voters who vote conservative, even though voting for liberals would benefit them financially

gender gap

women are more liberal than men

higher education

conservatives think USA public education leans left because teachers generally do, the higher education one obtains, the more likely they lean left

political views in adolescence and young adulthood

whatever party was president at your early years of majority will influence whether or not you support that party for the rest of your life

blue collar

trades, manual labor, lower salary

white collar

office jobs, less manual labor, higher salary more education necessary

DNC

regained White house in 2020 but barely maintained House

RNC

lost presidency and senate 2020, but made gains in House

Green Party

support strict environmental protection laws, labor rights, expanded social programs, and higher taxes on wealthy and corporations

Libertarians

neither left nor right, they believe in total individual liberty, means pro-homeschooling, pro-drug legalization, pro-gun rights, pro-abortion, and total economic freedom

Smaller third parties

alliance party, independent party, workers party USA, American independent party, socialist party, democratic socialists of america, communist party USA, US pacifist party, canary party