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American Politics - Coggle Diagram

- - - - The Elephant Party
  - - - The Donkey Party
  - - - All the US citizens that are older than 18 y/o
  - - - 270 because it is the 50%+1vote of the 538 voters
  - - - The party that has the plurality of the votes in a state, takes the totality of the state's votes, even if they're for the other party
  - - - Florida, Pennsylvania, Arizona
  - - - Republican states
        
        Texas, Alabama, Arkansas
      - Democrat states
        
        California, New York, Vermont
- - - - Most of the white people voted for Obama (59%)
    - - Religious topics must be respected (e.g: no abortion, no gay rights nor marriage...)
    - - Republicans favour low taxes and limited government intervention in the economy
  - - - Military
        
        They want to keep their army the biggest
        
        In favor of a full military effort to displace regimes that are totalitarian and detrimental to their own people and who are threatening others
      - Send aid to other countries
        
        El Salvador with USAID
    - - Privatizing it
        
        Trump doesn't like Obamacare,a Democrat healthcare program under Obama's presidency
        
        Trump wants to eliminate it
        
        Government involvement will increase costs and have a negative impact on the quality of care that consumers receive.
    - - Low taxes for everybody
    - - Keep it private with traditional lectures; "old-school"
        
        Longer hours and more focused programs.
        
        In favor of promoting the private sector giving loans and not the government for college
    - - believe in harsher penalties when someone has committed a crime
      - Endorse Capital punishment
    - - They don't believe it's caused by humans, they think it's natural.
        
        In favor of expanded drilling to produce more energy at a lower cost to consumers.
        
        In favor of allowing the market to decide which forms of energy are practical.
    - - Against it. Pro-Life policy due to religion
    - - Against it
        
        Belief under the 2nd Amendment
        
        The right to bear arms as well as the right to carry concealed weapons in public places.
    - - Only between a man and a woman
        
        Religious policy and belief
        
        They want to ban same-sex marriage
    - - they support close or tight borders as thorough tracking system for foreign travelers
        
        They want less inmigrants in the US
    - - Labor
        
        Against increase of the minimum wage
        
        Need for business to keep costs low so they can prosper and all Americans can have access to products and services.
      - Free trade
        
        In favor
        
        To keep costs low for consumers and make businesses more profitable so they can grow.
    - - Less funding and tighter control.
        
        In favor of supporting private organizations that support people in need.
  - - - "Seeing the elephant"
        
        Phrase said by soldiers that means gaining experience of the world at a significant cost.
      - Originated during the Civil War when the first Republican Abraham Lincoln was elected to the White House.
    - - Limited and less controlling government
      - Conservative approach concerning the rights of their citizens in nature
        
        Right-wing ideologies.
      - Personal responsibility where individuals should be able to choose for themselves what they do and what they do not do if it doesn’t break existing laws.
- - - - African American people
      - Hispanic people
        
        1) Democrats are more supportive with them
        2) Less strict with inmigration and give government programmes to support them
    - - Those who who are more supportive of
        government intervention in the economy, gay rights, abortion and tighter gun control.
    - - Those who depend on government's aids
        
        The Democrats are more sympathetic to the less well-off.
  - - - Against the army and wars
        
        favor more targeted strikes and limited use of manpower
      - Send aid to other countries
        
        El Salvador with USAID
    - - Free or low-cost healthcare
        
        Obamacare program
        
        Affordable Care Act,
        
        health care system
        accessible to everyone.
    - - Re-distribution
        
        Cuts for middle and low income families
        
        Policy of Biden: if you gain +400k/year, your taxes will rise
        
        Higher taxes for corporations and wealthy ppl
    - - Free, public and with freedom in learning
        
        Common Core System
        
        in favor of giving students more money in the form of loans and grants for college
    - - Progressive views
        
        Against capital punishment in any
        form.
        
        Crimes that don't involve violence, such as selling drugs, should have lighter penalties and rehab.
    - - They think that it is caused by the increased production of carbon dioxide through the burning of fossil fuels
        
        They push and support with tax dollars alternative energy solutions
        
        restrict drilling for oil or other avenues of fossil fuels to protect the environment
    - - In favor. Pro-Choice policy
    - - In favor
        
        Protection against school shootings
    - - They support same-sex marriage
        
        Though, within their party, they have different opinions
    - - Less restrictive mesures concerning the inmigration of foreigners to the US
    - - Labor
        
        In favor of increase of the minimum wage
        
        so that Americans have more money with which
        to purchase goods.
      - Free trade
        
        Against it
        
        favor trade restrictions to protect American jobs
    - - Welfare, unemployment benefits, food stamps, and Medicaid that support people in need.
        
        More tax dollars should be funneled into these programs.
  - - - Strong-willed animal
      - Originated in 1828 during the presidential campaign of Andrew Jackson
    - - Approach with the US citizens
      - More liberal concerning the people's rights
        
        Leftist ideologies
      - Legislation that restricts some freedoms,
- - - - 435 representatives
        
        Number of Congressists depend on the state's population from were they're chosen
        
        They represent the district of the state they were chosen in the Congress, in D.C
        
        Wasington D.C does not have any representative
    - - 100 in total
        
        2 senators per state
        
        Who they represent in the Congress in D.C
  - - - 100 senators
        
        The number of members depends on the state's population
        
        At least 3 voices per state
      - 3 members of D.C
      - 435 representatives