WHY Michelle Obama is running for office: In Michelle Obama’s first major address at the Democratic National Convention‚ she declared “I love this country”. Obama wants to serve as a compassionate servant leader for her country. During her time as the First Lady‚ she used her platform in the White House to address issues like access to better schools for children‚ access to healthier food for children‚ and access to better job training for all Americans. She rarely shied away from taking on her critics
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How Has Socialism Impacted The Democratic Party Platform? Socialism is described as “a social and economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and co-operative management of the economy‚ as well as a political theory and movement that aims at the establishment of such a system” (Wikipedia‚ 2014). Socialist economic systems are based on the precept of production for use or the production of goods to directly satisfy the demand and need of the consumer (Wikipedia‚
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Although the Democratic-Republicans were known for their strict construcitonalist values‚ their leaders‚ Thomas Jefferson and James Madison‚ often ignored their beliefs to extend the federal government and create national and politcal harmony. This compromising between the parties has dampened the Democratic-Republicans’ harsh constructionalist reputation. Some of the major issues that created Jefferson and Madison’s "flip flopper" reputation revolve around the Louisiana Purchase‚ the Bank of the
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Compare/Contrast Democratic and Republican Parties We have two major parties in our county‚ Republican and Democratic. Most people who are Democrats are liberalists. And most who are Republicans are conservative. The parties are on their own sides of things‚ but aren’t hardcore liberal or conservative‚ but they do believe their way is correct. The Democratic and Republican parties stand differently on certain situations which will be addressed in this essay. The Democratic and Republican platform
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Each Democratic and Republic party write a document to establish how the party will govern. In the political platform‚ it outlines the priorities and positions on domestic and foreign affairs. It provides policy concerns and reforms. On one end there is a progressive platform established by the democratic‚ and on the opposite end‚ there is the platform run by the republicans based off of tradition. Both parties include issues they speak about in depth and issues that were vaguely mentioned. Some
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AP US History 2 Origins of Democratic and Republican Separation The political battles during the Gilded Age (1869-1889) were not fought with weapons and lives as was the Civil War directly before them‚ but with pamphlets‚ verbal accusations and national ideals. However‚ were the two most prominent foes vying due to differing economic policies‚ or were they similar parties that based their separation on national origin‚ geography‚ history‚ and emotion? The basic economic reforms were‚ in fact‚ similar
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AP Government Since every election after 1952‚ the Republican Party has had fewer members than the Democratic Party. Yet‚ Republicans have been able to win the presidential election in nine out of fourteen elections. There are three major reasons how Republicans are able to win the presidency despite of having fewer members than the Democratic Party which are‚ Republicans are normally an older generation‚ care more about elections compared to Democrats‚ and understand what a privilege voting is
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establishment of the Republican and Democratic parties‚ each fraction has always clashed over key political arguments happening in the country. The parties are seen as opposites in the point of view of many Americans‚ as they take different sides almost all the time‚ even in today’s political establishment. During the Reconstruction Era‚ the Democratic party was the party of slavery and business because they were mainly supported in the south and was called “The White Man’s Party” from the Republicans. While
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Explain the term democratic overload? Federalism and the separation of powers mean that there are numerous elections at different levels of government and for different offices as well as primaries and direct democracy. Americans vote ‘for the president to the local dog catcher’ in 80‚000 units of government‚ leading to ‘permanent’ campaigns and ‘bed-sheet ballots’‚ leading to a sense of ‘democratic overload’ due to more than 100‚000 elections taking place annually which may lead to voter fatigue
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The democratic race has been filled with many surprises. One of them happens to be the success that Bernard Sanders has had in the race. Hillary Clinton was thought to be in a position to easily cruise to the nomination‚ but later found out that it was not going to be that easy. This success has created a tension filled democratic race that has both candidates campaigning for every last vote. That is why the debate that took place on April 14th in Brooklyn was very important for both candidates.
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