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Homework: Assignment 3 for Monday
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“The coherent set of values and beliefs people hold about the purpose and scope of government” Four functions of ideologies: Explanation- provides reasons why social and economic conditions are the way they are (North Korea) Evaluation – standards for evaluating social conditions and political institutions and events. Orientation – provide a direction for individuals on issues and a way of seeing the world Political program – help people make political choices, such as voting 1.6
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The terms "left" and "right" appeared during the French Revolution of 1789 when members of the National Assembly divided into supporters of the king to the president's right and supporters of the revolution to his left. Conservatives vs. revolutionaries Traditional vs. progressive
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These terms refer to a somewhat consistent set of beliefs about the role of government – “political ideology” ▪ They cannot describe every person, nor apply to every person in the same way US 20 th century – begin in economic terms Liberal – government intervention in economy Conservative – free market proponents Though these applications are inexact, we can draw broad outlines of what they mean….
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Problems with Ideological Labels Is left-to-right the only direction? Economic versus personal liberties Labels without homes? Statists Libertarians Anarcho-tyrants? 1.6
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Populist - Authoritarian Economic Line Less control Social Line Less control Libertarian More control Pure Liberal Pure Conservative
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Social Control increases Economic Freedom increases
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“Over the last 30 odd years, Democrats have moved to the right and the right has moved into a mental hospital. So what we have is one perfectly good party for hedge fund managers, credit card companies, banks, defense contractors, big agriculture and the pharmaceutical lobby... That's the Democrats. And they sit across the aisle from a small group of religious lunatics, flat-earthers and civil war re-enactors who mostly communicate by AM radio and call themselves the Republicans and who actually worry that Obama is a socialist. Socialist? Please. He's not even a liberal.” Bill Maher
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In the debates so far, which issues were discussed the most?
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Democrats Obama – 34 Wall Street - 25 Syria – 22 Climate - 22 Russia – 16 Banks - 16 Iran – 14 Gun - 42 Marijuana - 11 Education - 10 China/Chinese - 13 Immigration - 9 Inequality - 9 ISIS/ISIL - 5 Small business - 4 Marriage - 3 Trump - 3 Obamacare - 2 Planned Parenthood - 1 God - 3 Terror - 3 Border - 2 Abortion - 0 Faith - 0 Religious liberty - 0 Amnesty - 0 Radical Islam - 0 Republicans Obama – 34 Clinton - 27 Iran – 26 ISIS/ISIL - 22 Border – 20 God - 19 Immigration - 18 Terror – 15 Education - 11 Abortion – 10 Russia - 9 Obamacare - 9 China/Chinese - 8 Amnesty - 8 Planned Parenthood - 8 Small business - 5 Radical Islam - 4 Religious liberty - 4 Banks - 2 Wall Street - 1 Syria - 1 Gun - 2 Climate change - 0 Inequality - 0 Marijuana - 0
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