# ? “Political Ideologies “ 9/17 1)Create a “T-Chart” and label one side Conservative and the other Liberal. Try to come up with difference in ideology for both sides. 2)What are political parties and why do people join them?
Unit 2 Political Participation Political Ideologies Unit 2 Political Participation
Political Party Group of people who seek to control government through the winning of elections and holdings of public offices Group of people, joined together on the basis of common principles, who seek to control government in order to affect certain public policies
Political Party Link between people and gov’t Why Political Parties? Help organize gov’t Create interest in gov’t Recruit candidates and campaign workers 4. Raise $
Two Major Political Parties Republicans Democrats http://www.gop.com/Default.aspx http://www.democrats.org/ourparty.html http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/
Conservative Republicans Supports Status Quo (the existing state or condition) Uphold traditional values Pro-family Anti-abortion Religion Self-Sufficiency Stronger Military Favor Free Market Against “big government”
John McCain http://www.johnmccain.com/ http://www.youtube.com/johnmccain
Liberal Government very involved in social conditions Democrats Government very involved in social conditions Favor and Support “big government” Welfare Minorities Poor Social Injustices Environment Civil Liberties Separation of Church and State
Obama- http://www.barackobama.com/index.php http://www.youtube.com/barackobama
Independent Moderate Radical Not affiliated with any one political party Moderate Not extreme Middle Ground, between left and right Radical Favor extreme changes Both left and right
Libertarian- “More Freedom, Less Government, and Lower Taxes” http://www.lp.org/article_85.shtml http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html Largest Third Party Neither Left or Right Complete Laissez Faire Total Individual Liberty Social/ Political Pro-drug legalization, pro-choice, pro-gay marriage, pro-home schooling, anti-gun control Economic Pro-free trade, anti-minimum wage, anti-income tax, no regulation of business
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O1aZZ8t_XI Ron Paul: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay4vXZWxeuU http://www.youtube.com/user/RonPaul2008dotcom
Anarchist Anarchy = no government. Radical Left Anarchy = no government. After a civil war in a country, when a government has been destroyed and rival groups are fighting to take its place Anarchists are people who believe that government is a bad thing Believe it stops people from organizing their own lives
Totalitarian/ Fascism Radical Right Government controls all aspects of life Political and Cultural Expression is Suppressed Centralized Control People are forced to do what the government tells them may also be prevented from leaving the country
Ideological Spectrum Socialists/Communist Reactionary Liberals Moderates Conservatives Fascism Anarchists
Refining the Ideological Spectrum Liberal Conservative The Economic Spectrum Economic Liberals favor broad government involvement in economic policymaking and regulation of business Economic conservatives favor limited government involvement in economic policymaking and regulation of business
Refining the Ideological Spectrum Liberal Conservative The Social/ Political Spectrum Social and political liberals favor limited government regulation of individual behavior. Social and political conservatives favor broad government regulation of individual behavior.
Ideology Grid Conservative Totalitarian Liberal Libertarian Economic Social/ Political Liberal Libertarian Economic
http://www.votenader.org/
Political Satire Daily Show Deal or New Deal Saturday Night Live Gore