#naturally since Indiana was a Union state i took that to mean the Union won the battle and carried that knowledge for years
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Picture it: sophomore American history. The year is two thousand and eight. The teacher is known for passing out jolly ranchers, one per student per day, when a kid does a good job. One day, she wants us to list every state in the country. Kids start listing them off in unison, mostly alphabetically, but falter around the I states (this is in Indiana, mind). Except one triumphant voice lingers as every other voice trails off in doubt and consternation. This voice flawlessly recites every state in these United States* as the class and teacher stare in awe, and at the very end the resounding voice makes mention of Puerto Rico and Guam as territories. The teacher wordlessly hands over two jolly ranchers.
A new day. List the presidents. Nobody knows beyond Washington, Lincoln, FDR, JFK, Clinton, George W. Bush–the incumbent finishing up his final term in a few months. Except. One voice–just as triumphant–recites every president, in order, even making mention of Grover Cleveland's non-consecutive second term. Everyone–teacher and student alike–stares again, this time almost in horror. The voice, embarrassed and blushing at the stares this time, finishes the forty-three chronologically, and this time as the teacher hands over another two jolly ranchers she overcomes her shock to ask "How did you know that??"
At which the body that contains the voice shrugs sheepishly, pops a blue raspberry in their mouth, and makes a vague "I 'unno" sound–unwilling to admit that the Fifty Nifty song they sang with their class in a third grade recital had permanently seared itself into their brain, as did the Nickelodeon presidents song that aired during the Oh Four election between Bush and Kerry
*I realized after while at dinner that evening when I told my parents about it that I had completely skipped Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, but the listing was so smooth and confident that no one noticed. I never made that mistake again regardless
#american history#jolly ranchers#at one point our teacher in her infinite wisdom decided to announce our grades without our names attached#and had us guess who got what score. why she thought this was a good idea i do not know#but everyone immediately singled me out as one of two completely one hundred percenters. they were wrong tho#i was too chronically exhausted after school to do any kind of homework so i was pulling solid Bs#this class was kinda worthless tho because my teacher–who in respect was really micro/agressive towards Black students–#taught us that 'we' had won the Battle Of Corydon in the civil war#naturally since Indiana was a Union state i took that to mean the Union won the battle and carried that knowledge for years#until one day looking it up on Wikipedia to prove a point to theta i found out the Union LOST the battle of Corydon#and either my American history teacher was an incompetent or she was a Confederate sympathizer with her 'we won' remark#which in retrospect she prolly was#anyway#tagging my hometown because i'm petty#Richmond Indiana
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2018 Midterm Election Primer
Ladies and gentlemen, Armageddon is upon us.
I am of course referring to the 2018 Midterms, the 116th such elections to be held under the current Constitution.
It’s been a long way since this election cycle started. Democrats were so assured of victory in 2016. Indeed, most Americans probably thought Clinton would win.
Donald Trump’s rather flukey victory was attributable to a lot of factors. Hillary Clinton’s general unpopularity, which to some extent had a basis in sexism; the racialization of American politics, which Trump, to his credit, adeptly took advantage of; the refusal of Republican politicians to abandon Trump in the face of his many outrages; and the infamous Comey Letter.
And Clinton’s forsaking of Waukesha County.
Trump’s victory was a catalyzing moment for the American left, with women, and especially white, suburban women, traditionally a GOP leaning group, mobilizing in opposition to Trump’s presidency. The Women’s March, later joined by the #metoo movement, have marked an inflection point in female activism. There has been an unprecedented number of women running for public office this election cycle. Many of these women were compelled to run by the trauma of 2016 (never forget) and naturally, because the Democratic Party is the party in opposition to Trump, they overwhelmingly chose to run as Democrats.
Not counting incumbents, so in other words only looking at races where no candidate was favored to win the nomination, the Democratic Party has nominated women to be their standard bearer in half of all elections for the House of Representatives. In this small sliver of the political universe we have gender parity.
That has never happened before.
The 116th Congress, to be elected this November, will be the first one with a fourth of its membership being women. This will represent a huge increase from the current proportion, which is about one fifth.
However, this surge in female activism has been mostly limited to the Democratic Party. The Republicans have seen a much more limited increase in female candidacies.
It’s no secret to anyone paying attention that the Democrats are the party of women and minorities and the Republicans are the party of white men. In 2018 we saw an acceleration of this trend. As of this writing, 33% of Democratic members of the House are women. Only 9% of Republican House members are women. 37% of Democratic House members are nonwhite. 5% of Republican House members are nonwhite. These differences will only grow after 2018.
Joe Crowley and Mike Capuano, both white, male Democrats, were not renominated by the party and were replaced by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley, both women of color, respectively. Kristi Noem and Marsha Blackburn, both female Republicans, opted to leave the House to run for higher office and Dusty Johnson and Mark Green, both men, were respectively nominated to replace them.
As Dave Wasserman put it, House Democrats are 41% white men and falling. House Republicans are 85% white men and rising.
The parties will only continue to grow further and further apart.
The House of Representatives.
The marquee race on Election night will be the drive to 218. Whichever party gets over that number will (at least nominally) control the House of Representatives.
As of now, the Democrats are favored five times out of six to win the majority of seats. That’s very good, but there is still a one in six chance Republicans remain in power. The forecast models being used to predict the outcome of the election are based, in part, on polling. Polls are not perfect; it is not uncommon for them to be off by 2-3 percentage points.
If the polls are underestimating Republicans by 2-3 percentage points, then the GOP has a solid chance of retaining the majority. This would happen on the backs of numerous races being won by less than a two percentage margin or so.
Conversely, if it turns out the polls are overestimating Republicans (and yes, a 15% chance of victory could actually be an overestimation) by 2-3 percentage points, then the GOP will get fucking slaughtered on 11/6. In this scenario the Democrats could win over 50 seats. They only need 23 to win.
There’s an equal chance that either scenario happens.
Most gains by the Democrats will be concentrated among suburban areas, a sign of the GOP’s collapse among suburban voters.
The number of competitive seats has greatly expanded over time. Democrats are competitive in districts such as Virginia’s 5th, North Carolina’s 9th, and Michigan’s 8th. This was unthinkable a year ago.
If the Democrats retake the House it is unlikely they will move to impeach Trump immediately. When Republicans tried to impeach Bill Clinton there was a backlash amongst the people against them. People thought they were being too hasty. Democrats will try to avoid that.
But don’t worry. Democrats fully intend on riding Trump’s ass and in more ways than you can imagine. The duty of the House is to oversee the executive branch, a duty Republicans have shirked. If the Democrats take control you can bet there will be innumerable investigations into reports of impropriety in the Trump administration.
And Nancy Pelosi?
If Republicans keep control she’s dead. She’s deader than Tony Bennett. She’ll be ousted from power and replaced by someone else. Who that’ll be, I don’t know. Joe Crowley was the obvious replacement but he’s dead too, now. There’s really no clear replacement.
Even if the Democrats take control, Pelosi isn’t a lock for the Speakership. Many Democratic candidates are running on a promise of not supporting her. If there’s only a slim Democratic majority, there may not be enough Pelosi Democrats to get her the Speakership. Things could get messy next January.
The Senate.
The Senate is a mirror image of the House. Republicans are favored five out of six times to have the majority after the election.
But the fact that it’s even this close is a miracle.
There are 24 Democrats running for reelection in 2018. Ten of them are trying to win in states that voted for Donald Trump in 2016. Five of them are running in states Trump won by over 15 percentage points.
If Clinton were President, Republicans could conceivably have picked up over 10 seats, a massive landslide victory for them. But now? They may not win any seats. That’s incredible.
Right now, Democrats may lose only one of their own: Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, who’s been polling behind her Republican opponent.
This loss will likely be offset, though, in Arizona, where Democrat Kyrsten Sinema is favored to replace Republican Jeff Flake, who is retiring.
To win the majority, Heitkamp will need to hang on in North Dakota and Sinema will need to win alongside Jacky Rosen, the Democrat running against Republican Senator Dean Heller in Nevada. That would give then the 51 seats they need for a majority. Unfortunately, Rosen has also fallen behind in the polls.
If Heitkamp or Rosen or both can’t pull through, they’ll need to get to 51 seats some other way, most likely by winning Texas and Tennessee…and it’s at this point I hope it becomes clear just how measly their chances are of winning.
In Indiana, Democrat Joe Donnelley is running for reelection and his strategy is to basically try and trick voters into thinking he’s the Republican. Donnelley is an accidental Senator; he only won because his Republican opponent was a moron who threw away the election.
The same holds true for Claire McCaskill, Missouri’s Democratic senator. She should have lost reelection in 2012, but was saved when her Republican opponent epically screwed himself. If you were around back then you probably remember it, actually.
The final race of note is Florida. The Democrat is Bill Nelson, who is a former astronaut. The Republican is Governor Rick Scott, who was fined over $1 billion for defrauding the federal government.
Even if the Democrats don’t win the majority now, keeping the Republicans at 51 seats will set them up to take the Senate later on down the line. 2020 and 2022 will feature election maps far more favorable to the Democrats than 2018.
But looking out even further into the future the Democratic Party’s Senate prospects are not looking good. It is only through sheer luck that they aren’t going to get slaughtered here. The 2018 map will be up for election again in 2024 and it is then that they’ll get slaughtered.
Governors
The gaggle of 36 governor’s races are a mirror image of the Senate map, which is a mirror image of the House. It’s mirrors all the way down in this cycle! Most of the seats are held by Republicans and a lot of them are in states where Democrats have a chance to win. But unlike the Senate, they don’t have a favorable map to buoy themselves, which means they’re on a sinking ship without a lifeboat.
Democrats are favored to take governorships from the Republicans in Michigan, Illinois, Maine, Iowa, New Mexico, and Florida.
Florida!
That’s just bewildering. Florida is a swing state, all elections there are close. Yet Democrat Andrew Gillum, a black guy running on universal healthcare, is practically running away with the governorship!
And you want even more proof things are going well for Democrats?
Georgia is a toss-up. Yeah, that’s right, Democrat Stacey Abrams, another black candidate, is competitive against Republican Brian Kemp.
Republican governor Scott Walker is slightly favored to get his ass kicked in Wisconsin, which is karmic justice as far as union leaders are concerned since he’s been a thorn in their side for a while now.
Another competitive Republican state that shouldn’t be: Kansas. The old Republican governor, Sam Brownback, is like the captain of the Titanic, except imagine if Captain Smith drove the ship into the iceberg on purpose. Brownback’s policies have ruined the state and now his disciple, Kris Kobach, is trying to succeed him. Kobach is such a clown that several prominent Kansas Republicans have endorsed the Democrat, Laura Kelly.
Things are a bit complicated in Alaska. Bill Walker, the current governor, is not affiliated with any party, except he used to be a Democrat, and the Democrats chose to endorse him instead of nominating someone in the last election. Things didn’t go so smoothly this time, though. Democrats nominated Mark Begich to be governor and Walker chose to run for reelection anyway. This split the anti-Republican vote and cleared the way for Republican Dunleavey to hike his way to victory.
Most politicians would be too egomaniacal to see they can’t win and drop out, but not Bill Walker. He dropped out of the race and endorsed Begich, ironically proving he was the one who deserved to win the most. Now Dunleavy…is still favored to win. But it’s closer now. Yeah.
The truth is that Walker is just very unpopular. However much Alaskans are stereotyped as rugged mountainpeople, never forget their state is the only one in the country that gives every man, women, and child. literally. free. money. That’s why Walker wasn’t so popular. Because he cut back on the amount of free money he was giving away.
Alaska is only one of two bright spots for Republicans here. The other is New England. They have three governorships there and all three are favored to be reelected. These governors are more moderate (pro-choice, pro-gun control, pro-gay marriage, etc.) and they all work with Democrats to govern effectively. It is precisely because of this they will never be big with the national Republican Party.
I haven’t followed the Nevada race, but Nevada politico Jon Ralston describes Republican Adam Laxalt like he’s a douche who’s dating someone for their looks, so I hope he loses. He’s (barely) favored to win.
Ohio’s race is a toss-up between Mike DeWine and Richard Corduroy.
Winning all these governorships is important for Democrats because these governors will be around in 2021 when congressional districts are redrawn. Because those district maps have to be passed into law to take effect, the governors of most states have a veto over it. Republicans had a free hand in 2011 during the last redraw and they drew the maps to favor themselves. Having Democratic governors will be important to keeping the party from being drawn out.
The Big Picture
The most important aspect of any given election is how it sets up the next election two years later. (The one constant in American politics is a torturously arduous struggle that never ends.) Which candidates win and which lose will be used to argue for one vision of the Democratic and Republican parties over the others. For example, if Andrew Gillum, a black man running on Bernie Sander’s platform, wins in Florida, then that will strengthen the case Sanders and his ilk are making for the path the Party needs to go down.
It’s possible a future President could be elected in 2018. Gillum and Beto O’Rourke, the Democratic Senate candidate in Texas, have both been talked about as presidential candidates. Gavin Newsom, the Democratic candidate for Governor of California, has also had his name thrown around.
The best election night commentary is from the smart politicos on twitter. Seriously, these people know what they’re talking about and because it’s Twitter, there’ll be much snark. I’ll have a Twitter list ready by election night for anyone willing to follow it on Twitter.
Hope you all vote! :)
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What Do Democratic Republicans Believe In
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What Do Democratic Republicans Believe In
Famous Republican Vs Democratic Presidents
Republicans have controlled the White House for 28 of the last 43 years since Richard Nixon became president. Famous Democrat Presidents have been Franklin Roosevelt, who pioneered the New Deal in America and stood for 4 terms, John F. Kennedy, who presided over the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban missile crisis, and was assassinated in Office; Bill Clinton, who was impeached by the House of Representatives; and Nobel Peace Prize winners Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter.
Famous Republican Presidents include Abraham Lincoln, who abolished slavery; Teddy Roosevelt, known for the Panama Canal; Ronald Reagan, credited for ending the Cold War with ; and the two Bush family Presidents of recent times. Republican President Richard Nixon was forced to resign over the Watergate scandal.
To compare the two parties’ presidential candidates in the 2020 elections, see Donald Trump vs Joe Biden.
The Third Party System
The Third Party System lasted from about 1854 to the mid-1890s, and featured profound developments in issues of nationalism, modernization, and race. It was dominated by the new Republican Party , which claimed success in saving the Union, abolishing slavery and enfranchising the freedmen, while adopting many Whiggish modernization programs such as national banks, railroads, high tariffs, homesteads, social spending , and aid to land grant colleges. While most elections from 1874 through 1892 were extremely close, the opposition Democrats won only the 1884 and 1892 presidential elections. The northern and western states were largely Republican, save for closely balanced New York, Indiana, New Jersey, and Connecticut. After 1874, the Democrats took control of the âSolid South. â
What Was John Quincy Adamss Childhood Like
John Quincy Adams was the eldest son of and Abigail Adams. Growing up during the American Revolution, he watched the Battle of Bunker Hill from Penns Hill and heard the cannons roar across the Back Bay in . He accompanied his father on diplomatic missions to Europe and studied in and , Netherlands.
Democratic Socialism Vs Trumpism
What probably rankles the Trumpians and scares the bejeebers out of them is the fact that more Americans, especially young folks, are giving democratic socialism a look and liking what they see hence the rise of the Sanders movement.
The old red-baiting and the lies that democratic socialism or social democracy is the same as Stalinism are falling on more and more deaf ears.
Communism is about gone. In Russia, Trumps pal Putin, the ex-KGB guy, has replaced Marxism-Leninism with fascism even after 27 million Russians died fighting Hitler and fascism.
And in America, Trumpism is looking more and more like Putinism. If we can turn back Trumpism in this election, perhaps we can begin the discussion about what sort of nation we really want to be. And that discussion should include democratic socialism.
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What Is The Most Distinctive Feature Of Democracy
The most distinctive feature of democracy is that its examination never gets over because:
As people realise the benefits of democracy, they ask for more and want to make democracy even better.
The fact that people complain regarding the working of democracy is a testimony to the success of democracy.
What Does Democratic Mean
Starting alphabetically, the word means pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
Simply put, the lowercase democratic is a word used to refer to anything that resembles or has to do with a , a form of in which the supreme power rests with the people and is exercised by them directly or by politicians that they elect to them. In practice, this is usually accomplished through a fair, organized system of voting, in which or cast votes in support of political or societal issues .
So, the word democratic is used to describe government systems that are or resemble democracies and the people that run these types of governments. The United States of America is a representative democracy in which the people elect representatives to perform the demands of politics on their behalf. This is why we say that the US is a democratic country or that we have a democratic form of government.
The English word democratic dates all the way back to the late 1500 and early 1600s. It is derived from the Greek word dmokratía . The government system of the ancient Greek of Athens, in which the people held the power , is considered the worlds first democracy. Considering that Athens was a slave-owning society, its form of democracy was much different than the democratic governments of today.
Trump Loses Then Attempts A Coup
In Georgia, Trump is attacking the Republican governor, lieutenant governor and secretary of state. In Arizona, he is attacking Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, who has been a GOP statewide officeholder for more consecutive years than Trump has been a Republican.
The reason? They are not willing to try to overturn duly certified election results in their states.
There has been an attempted coup of the presidential election taking place. But Trump is not the victim. He is the perpetrator.
The legal strategy was to delay certification of election results. The political strategy was to pressure Republican officials to ignore the election results, irrespective of whether they were certified, and have Republican state legislatures chose Trump electors in states where Biden won the vote.
What Are The Basic Ideals Of The Democracy
According to American political scientist Larry Diamond, democracy consists of four key elements: a political system for choosing and replacing the government through free and fair elections; the active participation of the people, as citizens, in politics and civic life; protection of the human rights of all citizens;
Democratic Views On The Death Penalty
Democratic views on the death penalty revolve around the opinion that it must only be used in certain cases. The 2012 Democratic Party Platform stated, we believe that the death penalty must not be arbitrary. DNA testing should be used in all appropriate circumstances, defendants should have effective assistance of counsel, and the administration of justice should be fair and impartial. Previous Democratic platforms have stated, in all death row cases, we encourage thorough post-conviction reviews. We will put the rights of victims and families first again. And we will push for more crime prevention, to stop the next generation of crime before its too late. As a party, Democrats believe that stricter punishment, such as the death penalty, work as a preventative measure to keep crime from happening to begin with. Democrats strongly support the death penalty in cases of those who have murdered policemen and terrorists. Bill Clinton and Al Gore fought to have this punishment put into place for these criminals. The party is currently divided on whether or not the death penalty should be applied to all convicted murderers. However, not all Democrats share this view. Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsome of California says, I think we should repeal the death penalty. Its not a deterrent; there are racial components to it. Martin OMalley, governor of Maryland, believes similarly. He says Its wasteful. Its ineffective. It doesnt work to reduce violent crime.
Regulating The Economy Democratic Style
The Democratic Party is generally considered more willing to intervene in the economy, subscribing to the belief that government power is needed to regulate businesses that ignore social interests in the pursuit of earning a for shareholders. This intervention can come in the form of regulation or taxation to support social programs. Opponents often describe the Democratic approach to governing as “tax and spend.”
Why Did The Democratic And Republican Parties Switch Platforms
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Around 100 years ago, Democrats and Republicans switched their political stances.
The Republican and Democratic parties of the United States didn’t always stand for what they do today.
During the 1860s, Republicans, who dominated northern states, orchestrated an ambitious expansion of federal power, helping to fund the transcontinental railroad, the state university system and the settlement of the West by homesteaders, and instating a national currency and protective tariff. Democrats, who dominated the South, opposed those measures.
After the Civil War, Republicans passed laws that granted protections for Black Americans and advanced social justice. And again, Democrats largely opposed these apparent expansions of federal power.
Sound like an alternate universe? Fast forward to 1936.
Democratic President Franklin Roosevelt won reelection that year on the strength of the New Deal, a set of Depression-remedying reforms including regulation of financial institutions, the founding of welfare and pension programs, infrastructure development and more. Roosevelt won in a landslide against Republican Alf Landon, who opposed these exercises of federal power.
So, sometime between the 1860s and 1936, the party of small government became the party of big government, and the party of big government became rhetorically committed to curbing federal power.
Foreign Policy And National Defense
Republicans supported Woodrow Wilsons call for American entry into World War I in 1917, complaining only that he was too slow to go to war. Republicans in 1919 opposed his call for entry into the League of Nations. A majority supported the League with reservations; a minority opposed membership on any terms. Republicans sponsored world disarmament in the 1920s, and isolationism in the 1930s. Most Republicans staunchly opposed intervention in World War II until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. By 1945, however, internationalists became dominant in the party which supported the Cold War policies such as the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and NATO.
Working Role Of Government And Society
The Democratic point of view sets standards for American society and the role of the government in that society. The fundamental beliefs about society and government is that:
Societies must have laws that the majority of the people support and accept.
Dissenting minorities are protected and have the right to have an opinion different than the majority.
The people rule and thus, the people rule elect a government.
The government should respect and protect individual rights.
The government should also protect and respect individual freedoms.
Civil liberties must be guaranteed for ALL citizens by the government.
The government must work for the common good.
Most, if not all, of these solid Democratic beliefs, are outlined and protected by the United States Constitution. Many of todays hot issues violate some of these tenets. The Homeland Security Act, for example, removes some of the individual freedoms and rights from American Citizens. Republicans feel that the loss of these rights is for the common good; Democrats disagree.
Before pledging membership or allegiance to either political party, Americans should educate themselves about what each party believes and what each party stands for to be sure that their own beliefs agree.
June 27, 2018
Who Created The First Political Parties
It featured two national parties competing for control of the presidency, Congress, and the states: the Federalist Party, created largely by Alexander Hamilton, and the rival Jeffersonian Democratic-Republican Party, formed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, usually called at the time the Republican Party (note:
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Why The Gops Lack Of Party Platform Matters
President Trumps refusal to commit to accepting Novembers election results is the latest example of this president abandoning the norms of constitutional democracy. And although high-profile Republicans have issued statements affirming that they support a peaceful transfer of power, they have also been carefully deferential to Trump.
This is a notable continuation of the party slowly becoming the party of Trump. Nowhere was this clearer than in the decision not to have a 2020 party platform and instead simply affirming enthusiastic support for Trump and his America First agenda. That move, more so than statements pledging fealty to the peaceful transfer of power, signals wavering Republican commitment toward equal rights and democracy.
Platforms declare a partys values and commitments. While the substance of the Democratic and Republican platforms often differs sharply, both have historically used certain key words, like the American Dream, economic opportunity and freedom from discrimination. Examining Republican platforms over time shows that what once had been a big-tent strategy of carefully managing intraparty differences over equality has been replaced by a hierarchical model of leadership where the party faithful should acquiesce to one individuals vision of political community. Indeed, the 2020 resolution ruled out of order any effort to adopt a platform.
Who Are Prominent Democrats
Notable Democrats include Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was the only president to be elected to the White House four times, and Barack Obama, who was the first African American president . Other Democratic presidents include John F. Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton. The latters wife, Hillary Clinton, made history in 2016 as the first woman to win the presidential nomination of a major U.S. political party, though she ultimately lost the election. In 1968 Shirley Chisholm won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first African American woman elected to , and in 2007 Nancy Pelosi became the first woman to serve as of the House.
Democratic Party, in the United States, one of the two major political parties, the other being the Republican Party.
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Democrats Think Many Republicans Sincere And Point To Policy
Democrats, however, were somewhat more generous in their answers. More than four in ten Democratic voters felt that most Republican voters had the countrys best interests at heart . And many tried their best to answer from the others perspective. A 45-year-old male voter from Ohio imagined that as a Republican, he was motivated by Republicans harsh stance on immigration; standing up for the 2nd Amendment; promised tax cuts. A 30-year-old woman from Colorado felt that Republican votes reflected the desires to stop abortion stop gay marriage from ruining our country and give us our coal jobs back.
Other Democrats felt that their opponents were mostly motivated by the GOPs opposition to Obamacare, lower taxes and to support a party that reduced unemployment.
Energy Issues And The Environment
There have always been clashes between the parties on the issues of energy and the environment. Democrats believe in restricting drilling for oil or other avenues of fossil fuels to protect the environment while Republicans favor expanded drilling to produce more energy at a lower cost to consumers. Democrats will push and support with tax dollars alternative energy solutions while the Republicans favor allowing the market to decide which forms of energy are practical.
Public Opinion On Foreign Policy
In June 2014 the Quinnipiac Poll asked Americans which foreign policy they preferred:
A) The United States is doing too much in other countries around the world, and it is time to do less around the world and focus more on our own problems here at home. B) The United States must continue to push forward to promote democracy and freedom in other countries around the world because these efforts make our own country more secure.
Democrats chose A over B by 65%-32%; Republicans chose A over B by 56% to 39%; Independents chose A over B by 67% to 29%.
Taking The Perspective Of Others Proved To Be Really Hard
The divide in the United States is wide, and one indication of that is how difficult our question proved for many thoughtful citizens. A 77-year-old Republican woman from Pennsylvania was typical of the voters who struggled with this question, telling us, This is really hard for me to even try to think like a devilcrat!, I am sorry but I in all honesty cannot answer this question. I cannot even wrap my mind around any reason they would be good for this country.
Similarly, a 53-year-old Republican from Virginia said, I honestly cannot even pretend to be a Democrat and try to come up with anything positive at all, but, I guess they would vote Democrat because they are illegal immigrants and they are promised many benefits to voting for that party. Also, just to follow what others are doing. And third would be just because they hate Trump so much. The picture she paints of the typical Democratic voter being an immigrant, who goes along with their party or simply hates Trump will seem like a strange caricature to most Democratic voters. But her answer seems to lack the animus of many.
Democrats struggled just as much as Republicans. A 33-year-old woman from California told said, i really am going to have a hard time doing this but then offered that Republicans are morally right as in values, going to protect us from terrorest and immigrants, going to create jobs.
History Of The Democratic Party
The party can trace its roots all the way back to Thomas Jefferson when they were known as Jeffersons Republicans and they strongly opposed the Federalist Party and their nationalist views. The Democrats adopted the donkey as their symbol due to Andrew Jackson who was publicly nicknamed jackass because of his popular position of let the people rule. The Democratic National Committee was officially created in 1848. During the civil war a rift grew within the party between those who supported slavery and those who opposed it. This deep division led to the creation of a new Democratic party, the one we now know today.
Adams And The Revolution Of 1800
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Shortly after Adams took office, he dispatched a group of envoys to seek peaceful relations with France, which had begun attacking American shipping after the ratification of the Jay Treaty. The failure of talks, and the French demand for bribes in what became known as the XYZ Affair, outraged the American public and led to the , an undeclared naval war between France and the United States. The Federalist-controlled Congress passed measures to expand the army and navy and also pushed through the Alien and Sedition Acts. The Alien and Sedition Acts restricted speech that was critical of the government, while also implementing stricter naturalization requirements. Numerous journalists and other individuals aligned with the Democratic-Republicans were prosecuted under the Sedition Act, sparking a backlash against the Federalists. Meanwhile, Jefferson and Madison drafted the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, which held that state legislatures could determine the constitutionality of federal laws.
Early Life And Career
John Adams entered the world at the same time that his maternal great-grandfather, John Quincy, for many years a prominent member of the , was leaving ithence his name. He grew up as a child of the American Revolution. He watched the Battle of Bunker Hill from Penns Hill and heard the roar across the Back Bay in . His patriot father, John Adams, at that time a delegate to the Continental Congress, and his patriot mother, Abigail Smith Adams, had a strong molding influence on his education after the war had deprived Braintree of its only schoolmaster. In 1778 and again in 1780 the boy accompanied his father to . He studied at a private school in in 177879 and at the University of Leiden, , in 1780. Thus, at an early age he acquired an excellent knowledge of the language and a smattering of . In 1780, also, he began to keep regularly the diary that forms so a record of his doings and those of his contemporaries through the next 60 years of American history. Self-appreciative, like most of the Adams clan, he once declared that, if his diary had been even richer, it might have become “next to the Holy Scriptures, the most and valuable book ever written by human hands.”
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Religion And The Belief In God Is Vital To A Strong Nation
Republicans are generally accepting only of the Judeo-Christian belief system. For most Republicans, religion is absolutely vital in their political beliefs and the two cannot be separated. Therefore, separation of church and state is not that important to them. In fact, they believe that much of what is wrong has been caused by too much secularism.
Those are the four basic Republican tenets: small government, local control, the power of free markets, and Christian authority. Below are other things they believe that derive from those four ideas.
Democratic Views On Health Care
The Democratic view on health care is based around the idea that accessible, affordable, high quality health care is part of the American promise, that Americans should have the security that comes with good health care. Democrats believe that no American should have to face financial destitution because they fall ill or get injured, stating that no one should have to choose between taking their child to a doctor and paying the rent. They are firm supporters of laws that prevent insurance companies from covering Americans with pre-existing medical conditions, capping or cancelling coverage, or charging women more due simply to gender. They also support allowing young Americans who are just entering the workforce to stay on their parents health care plans. They believe in preserving Medicare benefits for seniors. Democrats are strong supporters of the Affordable Care Act and of strengthening Medicare. Democrats stand in support of stem cell research, as well as other medical research, as a means to develop cures and treatments. They also support tax credits to businesses who offer quality, affordable healthcare, and tax credits to Americans who are approaching 65 and are not working, so that they can continue to afford healthcare until their Medicare benefits come into effect.
Opinion:almost Half Of Republicans Admit Theyre Ready To Ditch Democracy
Almost half of Republicans are now saying the quiet part out loud: Theyd prefer to ditch this whole democracy thing.
So finds CBS News-YouGov conducted in mid-May. The survey asked Republicans a series of questions about the required level of fealty to former president Donald Trump, their views of the 2020 election and priorities for the party going forward.
The results were bleak.
Two-thirds said it was important for Republicans to be loyal to Donald Trump now. The same share said they did not believe President Biden was the legitimate winner of the 2020 election. recent that I dont think anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election.)
But the most troubling results came from a question about the partys best strategy for winning in 2022 and 2024. If you were consulting for the party, respondents were asked, would you focus on developing a message and popular policies and ideas to win over more voters? Or would you prioritize changes to the voting rules in states and districts?
A whopping 47 percent chose the latter option. In other words, nearly half of those who still identify as Republicans appear to have given up on a key premise of democracy: that you earn the right to govern by proposing ideas that appeal to a majority of the public. Theyd prefer to short-circuit that process and,instead, make it harder for their opponents to vote.
So much for party of ideas, as the GOP once called itself.
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Why Democrats Are Reluctantly Making Voter Id Laws A Bargaining Chip
While party leaders have long worried about the discriminatory effects of such laws, many now see other restrictive voting measures pushed by Republicans as a more urgent threat.
WASHINGTON Congressional Democrats, searching for any way forward on legislation to protect voting rights, find themselves softening their once-firm opposition to a form of restriction on the franchise that they had long warned would be Exhibit A for voter suppression: voter identification laws.
Any path to passing the far-reaching Democratic elections legislation that Republicans blocked with a filibuster on Tuesday will almost certainly have to include a compromise on the bills near-blanket ban on state laws that require voters to present photo identification before they can cast a ballot. As such laws were first cropping up decades ago, Democrats fought them tooth and nail, insisting that they would be an impossible barrier to scale for the nations most vulnerable voters, especially older people and people of color.
But in recent years, as the concept of voter identification has become broadly popular, the idea that voters bring some form of ID to the polls has been accepted by Democrats ranging from Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia on the center-right to Stacey Abrams of Georgia, a hero of the left.
For me, the larger debate that is probably more critical is reforming the filibuster, he said.
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Photography was invented in the early 1800s, providing a way to immortalize history in pictures.
We dug through historical archives and the Library of Congress to find pictures that depict a fascinating, representative moment from each state's past.
Pictures range from Rosa Parks' arrest in Montgomery, Alabama, to the first butter sculpture at the Iowa State Fair.
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Since photography was invented in the early 1800s, much of history — both the savory and the unsavory, the uplifting and haunting — has become immortalized in pictures.
We dug through several historical archives and the Library of Congress to compile the following list of 50 fascinating photos from this country's past, focusing on shots taken before or during the 20th century.
Of course, this is by no means an exhaustive dive into US history. Rather, the pictures ahead merely capture a glimpse of the many people, actions, and events that have shaped this nation over the past three centuries.
Below, take a closer look at some of the most powerful photos in American history.
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ALABAMA: Rosa Parks is arrested in Montgomery (1955)
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a public bus in Montgomery. While Parks wasn't the first to challenge racist segregation laws, her famous act of civil disobedience sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which ended one year later when the US Supreme Court finally declared public bus segregation to be unconstitutional.
ALASKA: Panning for gold during the Nome Gold Rush (circa 1899 to 1909)
Lasting approximately from 1899 to 1909, the Nome Gold Rush attracted thousands of people to the town of Nome, Alaska.
ARIZONA: William Howard Taft signs Arizona into statehood (1912)
Although the photo above was taken in Washington, D.C., it marks the historic moment when Arizona became the 48th state on February 14, 1912.
ARKANSAS: Little Rock Nine integrates public high school (1957)
On September 25, 1957, nine African-American students became the first to integrate Little Rock Central High School. Known as the Little Rock Nine, they were confronted by a hostile crowd of protesters and had to be escorted inside the school by the 101st Airborne Division of the US Army.
CALIFORNIA: Harvey Milk at San Francisco Pride (1978)
Visionary and human rights champion Harvey Milk was the first openly gay elected official in the history of California. After serving just 11 months in office as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Milk was tragically assassinated, along with Mayor George Moscone, by another city supervisor named Dan White.
COLORADO: Tuberculosis patients in a sanatorium (circa 1920 to 1940)
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, health officials believed that tuberculosis could be cured with sunshine and fresh air. Colorado subsequently became one of the most popular destinations for tuberculosis patients, especially at sanatoriums such as the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society, pictured above.
CONNECTICUT: Attendees of the first American summer camp (1861)
In the late 1800s, summer camps arose as a way for young boys and men to reconnect with their rural origins in an increasingly urban world. Founded by educator and outdoorsman Frederick William Gunn, the Gunnery Camp was the first organized summer camp in US history.
DELAWARE: Photo of historic Eleutherian Powder Mills (circa 1933)
Two years after chemist Éleuthère Irénée du Pont fled to the US to escape the French Revolution, he set up this gunpowder mill on the Brandywine Creek in 1802. His family business, the E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, more commonly known as DuPont, is now one of the most successful companies in America.
FLORIDA: Crowd celebrates the end of World War II, 20 minutes after Japan's surrender (1945)
Taken on August 15, 1945, this photo captures a celebration in Miami, Florida, after Emperor Showa of Japan announced his intention to surrender to the Allies over public radio, officially marking the end of WWII.
GEORGIA: Inauguration of Rebecca Latimer Felton (1922)
Georgia native Rebecca Latimer Felton became the first woman to serve in the US Senate in 1922. A prominent advocate of women's suffrage, Felton is also known for being an outspoken white supremacist and former slave owner who publicly endorsed lynching.
Sworn in on November 21, Felton served just 24 hours before Walter F. George, who had previously won a special election, took office.
HAWAII: USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
On the morning of December 7, 1941, Japanese bombers attacked the US' most important military base in the Pacific. The attack, which left 2,402 Americans dead and thousands of others wounded, catapulted the US into WWII.
IDAHO: First production of usable nuclear electricity (1951)
On December 20, 1951, a team of 16 scientists and engineers produced the world's first output of usable nuclear electricity, generated from the Experimental Breeder Reactor 1 (EBR-I).
ILLINOIS: The original Ferris Wheel at the Chicago World's Fair (1893)
The first Ferris Wheel was designed and constructed by American engineer George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.
INDIANA: Child laborers working in glass and bottle factories (1908)
In 1908, photographer Lewis Hine was hired by the National Child Labor Committee to document exploited child workers. The photos he captured, including the one above, played an instrumental role in changing child labor laws during the first half of the 20th century.
IOWA: First butter sculpture at the Iowa State Fair (1911)
J.K. Daniels sculpted the Iowa State Fair's first butter cow in 1911. Today, the butter cow is a staple of the annual fair, which is itself one of the most well-known in the US.
KANSAS: Men and dog inspect rubble left by tornado (1955)
In 1955, at least 46 tornadoes tore across seven states in the US from May 25 to 26. The deadly event, known as the 1955 Great Plains tornado outbreak, included a powerful F5 tornado that demolished the town of Udall, Kansas.
KENTUCKY: The finish line of the one-mile race on Derby Day (1901)
Since 1875, the Kentucky Derby has brought thousands of visitors to Louisville to enjoy what is now a centuries-old tradition. The photo above shows one of the Derby's earliest photographed races.
LOUISIANA: Vintage photo of a Mardi Gras parade (circa 1890 and 1910)
According to historians, this famous New Orleans tradition first came to the US, from France, in the late 1600s. The photo above is among the earliest photos captured of Mardi Gras celebrations.
MAINE: Forest fire destroys several summer homes in Cape Porpoise (1947)
Pictured above, the Great Fires of 1947 were a series of "catastrophic" forest fires that destroyed more than 20,000 acres of land, left thousands homeless, and killed 16 people.
MARYLAND: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963)
On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 Americans participated in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom — a pivotal moment in the modern Civil Rights Movement. Martin Luther King Jr. famously delivered his influential "I Have A Dream" speech during the monumental event.
MASSACHUSETTS: First modern World Series in Major League Baseball (1903)
The first World Series game was played over the course of eight days from October 1 to October 13. The Boston Americans of the American League won against the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League in a best-of-nine series.
MICHIGAN: An enormous pile of bison skulls (1892)
During the 1800s, bison bones were often used to refine sugar and to make fertilizer and fine bone china, according to Snopes and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. National Geographic estimates that nearly 50 million bison were killed by settlers in the 19th century for food and sport, and to "deprive Native Americans of their most important natural asset."
MINNESOTA: Southdale Center celebrates its 30th anniversary (1986)
The first modern indoor shopping mall in the US, the Southdale Center opened in 1956.
MISSISSIPPI: James Meredith integrates the University of Mississippi (1962)
In the famous photo above, Chief US Marshal James McShane (left) and Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights John Doar (right) can be seen escorting James Meredith to class. Meredith's enrollment at Ole Miss was violently protested by segregationists, and the subsequent Ole Miss Riot of 1962 ended in the deaths of two civilians.
An Air Force veteran and civil rights activist, Meredith went on to become a prominent figure in the modern Civil Rights Movement.
MISSOURI: Passengers crowd the Union Station in St. Louis (1895)
Opened in 1894, the Union Station in St. Louis was one of the busiest train stations in the US before it was converted into a hotel, shopping center, and entertainment complex in the early 1980s.
MONTANA: Jeannette Rankin speaks at the headquarters of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (1917)
While the photo above was taken in Washington, D.C., Jeannette Rankin made history a year earlier in 1916 when she became the first woman elected into Congress. Rankin served in the House of Representatives and was the only Member of Congress who voted against US participation in both WWI and WWII.
NEBRASKA: A family in pursuit of a homestead (1886)
After the Homestead Act was signed into law by Abraham Lincoln in 1862, about 270 million acres of land — previously part of the public domain — was claimed by private citizens. Much of the territory that later became Nebraska was settled in this way.
NEVADA: A photo of seven Comstock miners (circa 1880)
The first major discovery of silver ore in the US, the Comstock Lode sparked a silver rush in 1859. Over the next twenty or so years, the lode generated huge fortunes for prospectors and was instrumental in Nevada's growth.
NEW HAMPSHIRE: MacDowell Colony in Peterborough (1921)
America's first artists' colony, the MacDowell Colony was founded by pianist Marian MacDowell in 1907. Over the years, MacDowell Fellows have won 83 Pulitzer Prizes, 30 Tonys, 10 Grammys, and eight Oscars, among many other prestigious awards.
NEW JERSEY: The stern of the Hindenburg begins to fall (1937)
On May 6, 1937, the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg burst into flames as it tried to dock in Lakehurst, New Jersey. The tragedy killed a total of 36 people including 13 passengers, 22 crewmen, and one worker on the ground.
NEW MEXICO: The first 29 Navajo Code Talker recruits are sworn in at Fort Wingate (1942)
During WWII, bilingual Navajo speakers were recruited by the Marines to serve in the Pacific Theater. The Navajo Code Talkers transmitted secret messages in their native language and were instrumental in helping the US defeat the Japanese.
NEW YORK: Middle-aged man works on the framework of the Empire State Building (1930)
Like the iconic photograph known as "Lunch Atop a Skyscraper," this photo highlights the dangerous conditions structural workers had to brave in the early 20th century.
NORTH CAROLINA: Wright Flyer flies successfully for the first time (1903)
On December 17, 1903, the Wright Flyer became the world's first powered heavier-than-air machine to achieve sustained flight. The plane, pictured above, was designed and built by brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright.
NORTH DAKOTA: A sod house built by the descendants of Norwegian immigrants (circa 1898)
The son of Norwegian immigrants, John Bakken can be seen above with his wife, Marget, and their two children, Tilda and Eddie. These homesteaders and their sod house were later used as the design for the Homestead Act Commemorative Stamp in 1962.
OHIO: The first all-professional baseball team is formed (1869)
Led by Hall of Famer Harry Wright, the Cincinnati Base Ball Club — later known as the Cincinnati Red Stockings — officially became the first team of professional baseball players in 1869.
OKLAHOMA: A father and his sons walking in a dust storm (1936)
In the 1930s, a series of severe dust storms — known as the Dust Bowl — ravaged across the Great Plains in America. The Panhandle area in Oklahoma was hit the hardest as farmers and their families endured a decade of drought, high winds, and ecological disaster.
OREGON: The Tillamook Rock Light still in operation (1891)
Also known as "Terrible Tilly," the Tillamook Rock Light was opened in 1881 and decommissioned not even 100 years later, in 1957.
PENNSYLVANIA: Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery (1863)
On November 19, 1863, former US President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
In his iconic speech, largely regarded as one of the most important in American history, Lincoln paid tribute to those who gave their lives to preserve the principles laid out in the Declaration of Independence.
Archivist Josephine Cobb identified Lincoln in the photo above, taken by David Bachrach, in 1952.
RHODE ISLAND: A photo of the historic Slater Mill (circa 1968)
English immigrant Samuel Slater, often called the father of the American Industrial Revolution, founded the country's first textile mill in 1790.
SOUTH CAROLINA: Child laborers taken out of school to work (1912)
This photo, also taken by Lewis Hine, shows several child laborers at the Maggioni Canning Company who could only attend school for half the day. They spent four hours shucking before school, several hours shucking after school, and eight or nine hours shucking on Saturday, according to Hine's original caption.
SOUTH DAKOTA: Buried machinery in a barn lot during the Dust Bowl (1936)
Like Oklahoma, South Dakota was also hit hard by severe dust storms in the 1930s.
TENNESSEE: Workers load uranium slug into the X-10 Graphite Reactor's concrete face (circa 1943)
Built during WWII as a part of the Manhattan Project, the X-10 Graphite Reactor was the world's second artificial nuclear reactor. According to the US Department of Energy, it used neutrons "emitted in the fission of uranium-235 to convert uranium-238 into a new element, plutonium-239."
TEXAS: The aftermath of the Great Galveston Hurricane (1900)
The Great Storm of 1900, which made landfall in Galveston, Texas, on September 8 that year, remains the deadliest hurricane and natural disaster in US history.
UTAH: The East and West shaking hands at the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad project (1869)
This iconic image was captured after the ceremonial final spike, also known as the golden spike, was driven by Leland Stanford to connect the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad on May 10, 1869.
Historians have noted that Chinese laborers, who made up the "overwhelming majority" of the Central Pacific Railroad's workforce, were famously left out of the photo.
VERMONT: A photo of the University of Vermont (circa 1900 to 1906)
One of the oldest universities in the US, the University of Vermont was founded in 1791. It is also one of the original eight "Public Ivy" colleges in the US.
VIRGINIA: Herbert Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover at Rapidan Camp (circa 1929 to 1933)
Built by President Hoover and his wife, Rapidan Camp served as the official presidential retreat during Hoover's administration from 1929 to 1933. It is located in Madison County, Virginia, in what is now Shenandoah National Park.
WASHINGTON: Eruption of Mount St. Helens (1980)
A major volcanic eruption occurred at Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, killing approximately 57 people. It is still considered one of the most, if not the most, disastrous volcanic eruptions in this country's history.
WEST VIRGINIA: A young coal trapper working inside a mine (1908)
This exploited child laborer was photographed by Lewis Hine in Turkey Knob Mine.
WISCONSIN: A photo taken with advanced shutter technology (1886)
Photographer Henry Hamilton Bennett shot this image of his son, Ashley, leaping across Stand Rock in Wisconsin Dells in 1886. The photo served as proof that Bennett's pioneering stop-action shutter technology had worked.
WYOMING: A photo of the historic Hayden Geological Survey (1871)
In 1871, geologist Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden explored a region of northwestern Wyoming that would later become Yellowstone National Park.
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What Do Democratic Republicans Believe In
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What Do Democratic Republicans Believe In
Famous Republican Vs Democratic Presidents
Republicans have controlled the White House for 28 of the last 43 years since Richard Nixon became president. Famous Democrat Presidents have been Franklin Roosevelt, who pioneered the New Deal in America and stood for 4 terms, John F. Kennedy, who presided over the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban missile crisis, and was assassinated in Office; Bill Clinton, who was impeached by the House of Representatives; and Nobel Peace Prize winners Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter.
Famous Republican Presidents include Abraham Lincoln, who abolished slavery; Teddy Roosevelt, known for the Panama Canal; Ronald Reagan, credited for ending the Cold War with ; and the two Bush family Presidents of recent times. Republican President Richard Nixon was forced to resign over the Watergate scandal.
To compare the two parties’ presidential candidates in the 2020 elections, see Donald Trump vs Joe Biden.
The Third Party System
The Third Party System lasted from about 1854 to the mid-1890s, and featured profound developments in issues of nationalism, modernization, and race. It was dominated by the new Republican Party , which claimed success in saving the Union, abolishing slavery and enfranchising the freedmen, while adopting many Whiggish modernization programs such as national banks, railroads, high tariffs, homesteads, social spending , and aid to land grant colleges. While most elections from 1874 through 1892 were extremely close, the opposition Democrats won only the 1884 and 1892 presidential elections. The northern and western states were largely Republican, save for closely balanced New York, Indiana, New Jersey, and Connecticut. After 1874, the Democrats took control of the âSolid South. â
What Was John Quincy Adamss Childhood Like
John Quincy Adams was the eldest son of and Abigail Adams. Growing up during the American Revolution, he watched the Battle of Bunker Hill from Penns Hill and heard the cannons roar across the Back Bay in . He accompanied his father on diplomatic missions to Europe and studied in and , Netherlands.
Democratic Socialism Vs Trumpism
What probably rankles the Trumpians and scares the bejeebers out of them is the fact that more Americans, especially young folks, are giving democratic socialism a look and liking what they see hence the rise of the Sanders movement.
The old red-baiting and the lies that democratic socialism or social democracy is the same as Stalinism are falling on more and more deaf ears.
Communism is about gone. In Russia, Trumps pal Putin, the ex-KGB guy, has replaced Marxism-Leninism with fascism even after 27 million Russians died fighting Hitler and fascism.
And in America, Trumpism is looking more and more like Putinism. If we can turn back Trumpism in this election, perhaps we can begin the discussion about what sort of nation we really want to be. And that discussion should include democratic socialism.
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What Is The Most Distinctive Feature Of Democracy
The most distinctive feature of democracy is that its examination never gets over because:
As people realise the benefits of democracy, they ask for more and want to make democracy even better.
The fact that people complain regarding the working of democracy is a testimony to the success of democracy.
What Does Democratic Mean
Starting alphabetically, the word means pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
Simply put, the lowercase democratic is a word used to refer to anything that resembles or has to do with a , a form of in which the supreme power rests with the people and is exercised by them directly or by politicians that they elect to them. In practice, this is usually accomplished through a fair, organized system of voting, in which or cast votes in support of political or societal issues .
So, the word democratic is used to describe government systems that are or resemble democracies and the people that run these types of governments. The United States of America is a representative democracy in which the people elect representatives to perform the demands of politics on their behalf. This is why we say that the US is a democratic country or that we have a democratic form of government.
The English word democratic dates all the way back to the late 1500 and early 1600s. It is derived from the Greek word dmokratía . The government system of the ancient Greek of Athens, in which the people held the power , is considered the worlds first democracy. Considering that Athens was a slave-owning society, its form of democracy was much different than the democratic governments of today.
Trump Loses Then Attempts A Coup
In Georgia, Trump is attacking the Republican governor, lieutenant governor and secretary of state. In Arizona, he is attacking Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, who has been a GOP statewide officeholder for more consecutive years than Trump has been a Republican.
The reason? They are not willing to try to overturn duly certified election results in their states.
There has been an attempted coup of the presidential election taking place. But Trump is not the victim. He is the perpetrator.
The legal strategy was to delay certification of election results. The political strategy was to pressure Republican officials to ignore the election results, irrespective of whether they were certified, and have Republican state legislatures chose Trump electors in states where Biden won the vote.
What Are The Basic Ideals Of The Democracy
According to American political scientist Larry Diamond, democracy consists of four key elements: a political system for choosing and replacing the government through free and fair elections; the active participation of the people, as citizens, in politics and civic life; protection of the human rights of all citizens;
Democratic Views On The Death Penalty
Democratic views on the death penalty revolve around the opinion that it must only be used in certain cases. The 2012 Democratic Party Platform stated, we believe that the death penalty must not be arbitrary. DNA testing should be used in all appropriate circumstances, defendants should have effective assistance of counsel, and the administration of justice should be fair and impartial. Previous Democratic platforms have stated, in all death row cases, we encourage thorough post-conviction reviews. We will put the rights of victims and families first again. And we will push for more crime prevention, to stop the next generation of crime before its too late. As a party, Democrats believe that stricter punishment, such as the death penalty, work as a preventative measure to keep crime from happening to begin with. Democrats strongly support the death penalty in cases of those who have murdered policemen and terrorists. Bill Clinton and Al Gore fought to have this punishment put into place for these criminals. The party is currently divided on whether or not the death penalty should be applied to all convicted murderers. However, not all Democrats share this view. Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsome of California says, I think we should repeal the death penalty. Its not a deterrent; there are racial components to it. Martin OMalley, governor of Maryland, believes similarly. He says Its wasteful. Its ineffective. It doesnt work to reduce violent crime.
Regulating The Economy Democratic Style
The Democratic Party is generally considered more willing to intervene in the economy, subscribing to the belief that government power is needed to regulate businesses that ignore social interests in the pursuit of earning a for shareholders. This intervention can come in the form of regulation or taxation to support social programs. Opponents often describe the Democratic approach to governing as “tax and spend.”
Why Did The Democratic And Republican Parties Switch Platforms
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Around 100 years ago, Democrats and Republicans switched their political stances.
The Republican and Democratic parties of the United States didn’t always stand for what they do today.
During the 1860s, Republicans, who dominated northern states, orchestrated an ambitious expansion of federal power, helping to fund the transcontinental railroad, the state university system and the settlement of the West by homesteaders, and instating a national currency and protective tariff. Democrats, who dominated the South, opposed those measures.
After the Civil War, Republicans passed laws that granted protections for Black Americans and advanced social justice. And again, Democrats largely opposed these apparent expansions of federal power.
Sound like an alternate universe? Fast forward to 1936.
Democratic President Franklin Roosevelt won reelection that year on the strength of the New Deal, a set of Depression-remedying reforms including regulation of financial institutions, the founding of welfare and pension programs, infrastructure development and more. Roosevelt won in a landslide against Republican Alf Landon, who opposed these exercises of federal power.
So, sometime between the 1860s and 1936, the party of small government became the party of big government, and the party of big government became rhetorically committed to curbing federal power.
Foreign Policy And National Defense
Republicans supported Woodrow Wilsons call for American entry into World War I in 1917, complaining only that he was too slow to go to war. Republicans in 1919 opposed his call for entry into the League of Nations. A majority supported the League with reservations; a minority opposed membership on any terms. Republicans sponsored world disarmament in the 1920s, and isolationism in the 1930s. Most Republicans staunchly opposed intervention in World War II until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. By 1945, however, internationalists became dominant in the party which supported the Cold War policies such as the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and NATO.
Working Role Of Government And Society
The Democratic point of view sets standards for American society and the role of the government in that society. The fundamental beliefs about society and government is that:
Societies must have laws that the majority of the people support and accept.
Dissenting minorities are protected and have the right to have an opinion different than the majority.
The people rule and thus, the people rule elect a government.
The government should respect and protect individual rights.
The government should also protect and respect individual freedoms.
Civil liberties must be guaranteed for ALL citizens by the government.
The government must work for the common good.
Most, if not all, of these solid Democratic beliefs, are outlined and protected by the United States Constitution. Many of todays hot issues violate some of these tenets. The Homeland Security Act, for example, removes some of the individual freedoms and rights from American Citizens. Republicans feel that the loss of these rights is for the common good; Democrats disagree.
Before pledging membership or allegiance to either political party, Americans should educate themselves about what each party believes and what each party stands for to be sure that their own beliefs agree.
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Who Created The First Political Parties
It featured two national parties competing for control of the presidency, Congress, and the states: the Federalist Party, created largely by Alexander Hamilton, and the rival Jeffersonian Democratic-Republican Party, formed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, usually called at the time the Republican Party (note:
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Why The Gops Lack Of Party Platform Matters
President Trumps refusal to commit to accepting Novembers election results is the latest example of this president abandoning the norms of constitutional democracy. And although high-profile Republicans have issued statements affirming that they support a peaceful transfer of power, they have also been carefully deferential to Trump.
This is a notable continuation of the party slowly becoming the party of Trump. Nowhere was this clearer than in the decision not to have a 2020 party platform and instead simply affirming enthusiastic support for Trump and his America First agenda. That move, more so than statements pledging fealty to the peaceful transfer of power, signals wavering Republican commitment toward equal rights and democracy.
Platforms declare a partys values and commitments. While the substance of the Democratic and Republican platforms often differs sharply, both have historically used certain key words, like the American Dream, economic opportunity and freedom from discrimination. Examining Republican platforms over time shows that what once had been a big-tent strategy of carefully managing intraparty differences over equality has been replaced by a hierarchical model of leadership where the party faithful should acquiesce to one individuals vision of political community. Indeed, the 2020 resolution ruled out of order any effort to adopt a platform.
Who Are Prominent Democrats
Notable Democrats include Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was the only president to be elected to the White House four times, and Barack Obama, who was the first African American president . Other Democratic presidents include John F. Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton. The latters wife, Hillary Clinton, made history in 2016 as the first woman to win the presidential nomination of a major U.S. political party, though she ultimately lost the election. In 1968 Shirley Chisholm won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first African American woman elected to , and in 2007 Nancy Pelosi became the first woman to serve as of the House.
Democratic Party, in the United States, one of the two major political parties, the other being the Republican Party.
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Democrats Think Many Republicans Sincere And Point To Policy
Democrats, however, were somewhat more generous in their answers. More than four in ten Democratic voters felt that most Republican voters had the countrys best interests at heart . And many tried their best to answer from the others perspective. A 45-year-old male voter from Ohio imagined that as a Republican, he was motivated by Republicans harsh stance on immigration; standing up for the 2nd Amendment; promised tax cuts. A 30-year-old woman from Colorado felt that Republican votes reflected the desires to stop abortion stop gay marriage from ruining our country and give us our coal jobs back.
Other Democrats felt that their opponents were mostly motivated by the GOPs opposition to Obamacare, lower taxes and to support a party that reduced unemployment.
Energy Issues And The Environment
There have always been clashes between the parties on the issues of energy and the environment. Democrats believe in restricting drilling for oil or other avenues of fossil fuels to protect the environment while Republicans favor expanded drilling to produce more energy at a lower cost to consumers. Democrats will push and support with tax dollars alternative energy solutions while the Republicans favor allowing the market to decide which forms of energy are practical.
Public Opinion On Foreign Policy
In June 2014 the Quinnipiac Poll asked Americans which foreign policy they preferred:
A) The United States is doing too much in other countries around the world, and it is time to do less around the world and focus more on our own problems here at home. B) The United States must continue to push forward to promote democracy and freedom in other countries around the world because these efforts make our own country more secure.
Democrats chose A over B by 65%-32%; Republicans chose A over B by 56% to 39%; Independents chose A over B by 67% to 29%.
Taking The Perspective Of Others Proved To Be Really Hard
The divide in the United States is wide, and one indication of that is how difficult our question proved for many thoughtful citizens. A 77-year-old Republican woman from Pennsylvania was typical of the voters who struggled with this question, telling us, This is really hard for me to even try to think like a devilcrat!, I am sorry but I in all honesty cannot answer this question. I cannot even wrap my mind around any reason they would be good for this country.
Similarly, a 53-year-old Republican from Virginia said, I honestly cannot even pretend to be a Democrat and try to come up with anything positive at all, but, I guess they would vote Democrat because they are illegal immigrants and they are promised many benefits to voting for that party. Also, just to follow what others are doing. And third would be just because they hate Trump so much. The picture she paints of the typical Democratic voter being an immigrant, who goes along with their party or simply hates Trump will seem like a strange caricature to most Democratic voters. But her answer seems to lack the animus of many.
Democrats struggled just as much as Republicans. A 33-year-old woman from California told said, i really am going to have a hard time doing this but then offered that Republicans are morally right as in values, going to protect us from terrorest and immigrants, going to create jobs.
History Of The Democratic Party
The party can trace its roots all the way back to Thomas Jefferson when they were known as Jeffersons Republicans and they strongly opposed the Federalist Party and their nationalist views. The Democrats adopted the donkey as their symbol due to Andrew Jackson who was publicly nicknamed jackass because of his popular position of let the people rule. The Democratic National Committee was officially created in 1848. During the civil war a rift grew within the party between those who supported slavery and those who opposed it. This deep division led to the creation of a new Democratic party, the one we now know today.
Adams And The Revolution Of 1800
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Shortly after Adams took office, he dispatched a group of envoys to seek peaceful relations with France, which had begun attacking American shipping after the ratification of the Jay Treaty. The failure of talks, and the French demand for bribes in what became known as the XYZ Affair, outraged the American public and led to the , an undeclared naval war between France and the United States. The Federalist-controlled Congress passed measures to expand the army and navy and also pushed through the Alien and Sedition Acts. The Alien and Sedition Acts restricted speech that was critical of the government, while also implementing stricter naturalization requirements. Numerous journalists and other individuals aligned with the Democratic-Republicans were prosecuted under the Sedition Act, sparking a backlash against the Federalists. Meanwhile, Jefferson and Madison drafted the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, which held that state legislatures could determine the constitutionality of federal laws.
Early Life And Career
John Adams entered the world at the same time that his maternal great-grandfather, John Quincy, for many years a prominent member of the , was leaving ithence his name. He grew up as a child of the American Revolution. He watched the Battle of Bunker Hill from Penns Hill and heard the roar across the Back Bay in . His patriot father, John Adams, at that time a delegate to the Continental Congress, and his patriot mother, Abigail Smith Adams, had a strong molding influence on his education after the war had deprived Braintree of its only schoolmaster. In 1778 and again in 1780 the boy accompanied his father to . He studied at a private school in in 177879 and at the University of Leiden, , in 1780. Thus, at an early age he acquired an excellent knowledge of the language and a smattering of . In 1780, also, he began to keep regularly the diary that forms so a record of his doings and those of his contemporaries through the next 60 years of American history. Self-appreciative, like most of the Adams clan, he once declared that, if his diary had been even richer, it might have become “next to the Holy Scriptures, the most and valuable book ever written by human hands.”
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Religion And The Belief In God Is Vital To A Strong Nation
Republicans are generally accepting only of the Judeo-Christian belief system. For most Republicans, religion is absolutely vital in their political beliefs and the two cannot be separated. Therefore, separation of church and state is not that important to them. In fact, they believe that much of what is wrong has been caused by too much secularism.
Those are the four basic Republican tenets: small government, local control, the power of free markets, and Christian authority. Below are other things they believe that derive from those four ideas.
Democratic Views On Health Care
The Democratic view on health care is based around the idea that accessible, affordable, high quality health care is part of the American promise, that Americans should have the security that comes with good health care. Democrats believe that no American should have to face financial destitution because they fall ill or get injured, stating that no one should have to choose between taking their child to a doctor and paying the rent. They are firm supporters of laws that prevent insurance companies from covering Americans with pre-existing medical conditions, capping or cancelling coverage, or charging women more due simply to gender. They also support allowing young Americans who are just entering the workforce to stay on their parents health care plans. They believe in preserving Medicare benefits for seniors. Democrats are strong supporters of the Affordable Care Act and of strengthening Medicare. Democrats stand in support of stem cell research, as well as other medical research, as a means to develop cures and treatments. They also support tax credits to businesses who offer quality, affordable healthcare, and tax credits to Americans who are approaching 65 and are not working, so that they can continue to afford healthcare until their Medicare benefits come into effect.
Opinion:almost Half Of Republicans Admit Theyre Ready To Ditch Democracy
Almost half of Republicans are now saying the quiet part out loud: Theyd prefer to ditch this whole democracy thing.
So finds CBS News-YouGov conducted in mid-May. The survey asked Republicans a series of questions about the required level of fealty to former president Donald Trump, their views of the 2020 election and priorities for the party going forward.
The results were bleak.
Two-thirds said it was important for Republicans to be loyal to Donald Trump now. The same share said they did not believe President Biden was the legitimate winner of the 2020 election. recent that I dont think anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election.)
But the most troubling results came from a question about the partys best strategy for winning in 2022 and 2024. If you were consulting for the party, respondents were asked, would you focus on developing a message and popular policies and ideas to win over more voters? Or would you prioritize changes to the voting rules in states and districts?
A whopping 47 percent chose the latter option. In other words, nearly half of those who still identify as Republicans appear to have given up on a key premise of democracy: that you earn the right to govern by proposing ideas that appeal to a majority of the public. Theyd prefer to short-circuit that process and,instead, make it harder for their opponents to vote.
So much for party of ideas, as the GOP once called itself.
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Why Democrats Are Reluctantly Making Voter Id Laws A Bargaining Chip
While party leaders have long worried about the discriminatory effects of such laws, many now see other restrictive voting measures pushed by Republicans as a more urgent threat.
WASHINGTON Congressional Democrats, searching for any way forward on legislation to protect voting rights, find themselves softening their once-firm opposition to a form of restriction on the franchise that they had long warned would be Exhibit A for voter suppression: voter identification laws.
Any path to passing the far-reaching Democratic elections legislation that Republicans blocked with a filibuster on Tuesday will almost certainly have to include a compromise on the bills near-blanket ban on state laws that require voters to present photo identification before they can cast a ballot. As such laws were first cropping up decades ago, Democrats fought them tooth and nail, insisting that they would be an impossible barrier to scale for the nations most vulnerable voters, especially older people and people of color.
But in recent years, as the concept of voter identification has become broadly popular, the idea that voters bring some form of ID to the polls has been accepted by Democrats ranging from Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia on the center-right to Stacey Abrams of Georgia, a hero of the left.
For me, the larger debate that is probably more critical is reforming the filibuster, he said.
The Fight Over Voting Rights
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