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US political parties and their support - Coggle Diagram

- - - - those dependent on welfare or government health provision (Medicaid). Democrats
        are more sympathetic to the less well-off. Many poor people live in urban areas.
    - - Especially African Americans and Hispanics. The Democrats are more supportive of government programmes to support minorities. Democrats are perceived to be less strict on immigration.
    - - those in the north-east and west of the USA who are more supportive of
        government intervention in the economy, gay rights, abortion and tighter gun control.
  - - - there should only be cuts for middle and low income families, but they should be higher on corporations and wealthy individuals.
    - - They are more progressive in their views, favoring abortion and gay marriage, but are strongly for strict gun control laws that limit ownership.
    - - They favor increasing the minimum wage so that Americans have more money with which to purchase goods.
      - They favor trade restrictions to protect American jobs.
    - - They prefer a lot of gouvernment regulation and aversight of the health care system, including the passage of the Affordable Care Act.
        
        Health care system accessible to everyone
    - - They believe that government should run social programs as welfare, unemployment benefits, food stamps, and Medicaid that support people in need.
    - - They favor more targeted strikes and limited use of manpower.
    - - They believe in restricting drilling for oil or other avenues of fossil fuels to protect the environment
    - - They favor more progressive approaches to education, such as implementing the Common Core System
    - - They believe that crimes do no involve violence, such as selling drugs, should have lighter penalties and rehabilitation. They are against capital punishment.
    - - They favor legislation that restricts some freedoms including foods we may have acces to
- - - - Republicans favor low taxes and limited gouvernement intervention in the economy. Many wealthy Americans live in suburban areas or in more rural states of the mid-west (Iowa) or the south (Alabama)
    - - Although Obama won, most whites (59 per cent) voted for the Republican Romney –
        A record for a candidate who did not win the election.
    - - Republicans are more likely to be conservative on social policy, ie anti-
        abortion and anti-gay, pro-gun and pro-death penalty.
  - - - They believe there should be tax cuts for everyone, both corporations and people of all income levels.
    - - They tend to be conservative on social issues. They oppose gay marriage and promote marriage between a man and a women. They also oppose abortion and promote the right of gun ownership.
    - - They tend to oppose increases to the minimum wage, citing the need for business to keep costs low so they can prosper and all Americans can have access to products and services.
      - They favor free trade in order to keep costs low for consumers and make businesses more profitable so they can grow
    - - They oppose the Affordable Care Act and believe too much government involvement in the industry will drive up costs and have a negative impact on the quality of care that consumers receive
    - - They acknowledge a need for these social programs, but favor less funding and tighter control. They favor supporting private organizations that support people in need.
    - - They favor full military effort to displace regimes that are totalitarian and detrimental to their own people and who are threatening others.
    - - They favor expanded drilling to produce more energy at a lower cost to consumers
      - They favor allowing the market to decide which forms of energy are practical.
    - - They favor more conservative changes such as longer hours and more focused programs.
      - They favor promoting the private sector giving loans and not the government.
    - - They believe in harsher penalties when someone has committed a crime, including for selling drugs. They also favor capital punishment
    - - They favor personal responsibility, in that individuals should be able to choose for themselves what they do and what they do not do if it doesn't break existing laws.
- - - - A competition that only one participant has a chance of winning
    - - To do what someone in authority tells you to do, even if you don't agree with it
    - - Used to describe somebody doing something that will have negative consequences for themselves personally
    - - to leave
    - - To announce that you are going to enter a competition or election
- - - - Representatives
        
        Reelection every 2 years
        
        The number depends on the population of each state
      - The senate
        
        They question all proposals made by the house of representatives and the president
        
        Elected every 6 years
        
        Elections are staggered
        
        Every 2 years a third of the senators run for reelection
        
        each state has 2 senators
  - - - Number of electors of each state
        
        based on population size
    - - 435 representatives
      - 100 senators
      - 3 electors from the district of Columbia
    - - Unfair advantage to states with lerge numbers of electoral votes
    - - Protects small states
    - - long history of voting for a particular party
    - - where voters hesitate/teeter to cast their ballot for one or the other party
    - - 270