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.
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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.
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Green Party
________:: support strict environmental protection laws, labor rights, expanded social programs, and higher taxes on wealthy and corporations.
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Gender gap
________:: women are more liberal than men.
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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.
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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.
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Conservative
________:: traditional values, government assists the people less.
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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.
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Higher education
________:: conservatives think USA public education leans left because teachers generally do, the ________ one obtains, the more likely they lean left.
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conservative
traditional values, government assists the people less
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liberal
progressive values, government assists the people more
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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
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levels of "leftness"
liberal, socialism, communism (equality in society)
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levels of "rightness"
conservative, authoritarianism, fascism (control of society)
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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
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political socialization
the process by which citizens establish their political ideology
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agents that contribute to our political socialization
family, social groups, economic self-interest, gender gap, higher education, and political views in adolescence
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family
kids either want to emulate their parents or reject their ideas, parents are the first people to express political opinion to children
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social groups
race, gender, religion, ethnicity, white Catholics generally conservative, African Americans and Jews liberal, Latinos, although Catholic, still liberal
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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
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gender gap
women are more liberal than men
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higher education
conservatives think USA public education leans left because teachers generally do, the higher education one obtains, the more likely they lean left
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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
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blue collar
trades, manual labor, lower salary
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white collar
office jobs, less manual labor, higher salary more education necessary
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DNC
regained White house in 2020 but barely maintained House
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RNC
lost presidency and senate 2020, but made gains in House
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Green Party
support strict environmental protection laws, labor rights, expanded social programs, and higher taxes on wealthy and corporations
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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
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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
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