The 2016 presidential election between the Democratic Party – which was represented by Hillary Clinton – and the Republican Party – represented by Donald Trump – involved the discussion of opinions on many issues of concern in the American society. These ideas and opinions expressed by each party and their elected representatives are political ideological stances. In Eric Mintz, O. Croci and D. Close’s book, Politics, Power, and the Common Good, they state that each political ideology offers a distinct view on how our world and government operates and, also, offers a distinct understanding of how to address certain issues affecting citizens (Mintz, Croci & Close 51). The presidential debates along with each party’s platforms acted as guides …show more content…
Conservatism is a political ideology that is based on the belief that we are all, as humans, “inherently imperfect, with limited capacity to reason” (Mintz, Croci & Close 58). Because of this limited capacity to reason, conservatives argue that society is prone to evil and mischief. To address this, the government must enforce laws to keep people under control; the people are then prompted to respect this government authority (Mintz, Croci & Close 58). One example of this is in Donald Trump’s support of “stop-and-frisk” police practice, which allows officers to stop, question, and search anyone they deem suspicious on the streets; despite the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois accusations of racial profiling of African-Americans (Gorner). In an appearance on the television show “Fox and Friends,” Trump stressed, “Chicago is out of control […] [Chicago] I think stop-and-frisk with good strong, you know, strong law and order” (Gorner). In other words, Trump supports the conservative notion that society needs law and order enforced by the government, through the police, to retain the citizens’ respect of their government
European states were trying to maintain the old order in 1830. The liberals and the nationalism ideals began to break because of the domination of conservatism in all Europe. They raised in arms; in France liberals overthrew Charles X, establishing a constitutional monarchy. Three other countries attempted to left conservatism. Belgium rebelled and got independent from Dutch Republic.
For many years since 1879 citizens of the United States wait in line to vote for the next great president who will help the country stand tall for another four years. But the mistake doesn’t lie in who you vote for, but what you are voting for and supporting. We sometimes ask ourselves, “what does each party do?” or “what are their beliefs for our country?”
The 1964 American election between Lyndon B. Johnson and Barry Goldwater has strong similarities with the 2016 election between Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump. In both cases, the democrat candidates focused more on their counterpart’s rhetoric rather than uphold their own ideas in an attempt to persuade voters to support them. This essay will argue that the Democrat candidates of the 1964 and 2016 elections, in many instances, instead of focusing on their political proposals, focused on anti-intellectualism by emphasizing their opponent’s extremist right-winger rhetoric. This comparison shows the enduring trends of right-wing extremism, racial conflicts, and republican divisiveness. To prove this argument, this text will analyze Democrat campaign advertisements in both campaigns, Nelson A Rockefeller speech at the 1964 National Republican convention and Jeb Bush interview to NBC.
Before the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, liberalism and conservatism were two big ideologies in European society; many citizens were fighting towards liberalism while some were still standing behind conservatism. Meanwhile, many individuals, along with several organizations, were moving closer towards socialist ideals. Socialism’s role in society during the nineteenth and twentieth century changed how various thinkers approached the issues of labor, production, and property.
Conservatism, traditional or new, was one of the most powerful ideologies in Europe. Otto von Bismarck practiced a new form of conservatism because he advocated for lower class, religious freedoms, and socialized the education system. This new form of conservatism received backlash by most other political groups.
Jay Van Bavel’s 2016 article addresses an important and relevant issue: voters’ deeply divided perceptions of presidential candidates. According to Bavel, approximately 70 million viewers tuned in to watch the final presidential debate on October 19, 2016. In theory, one would be valid in assuming that while processing such an event, everyone should be experiencing the same reality—all are watching the same debate, hearing the same words said by the same people. Strangely, however, this is not the case: in reality, Republicans and Democrats concluded the debates with drastically separate conclusions on the candidates. According to a CNN poll referenced to within Bavel’s article, Hillary Clinton won the first debate, with 67% compared to Donald Trump’s 27%. However, a further examination of these statistics reveals an obvious divergence between the democratic and republican parties. According to democrats, Clinton won (89% to 5%); according to republicans, Trump won (54% to 28%). Why is there such a great divide when both parties were presented with the exact same information? People do not see the world objectively—without the influence of personal biases. Instead, people reinforce the goals and values of the partisan group they identify with, allowing the party’s views to color their perceptions of identical information (Bavel).
Donald Trump, the billionaire businessman turned presidential nominee who is making headlines for all the wrong reasons one would wish for in their nation’s leader, believes in the revival of the “stop and frisk” procedure. Trump believes it would be “overwhelming” beneficial to minorities when in fact studies show data that proves it to racially profile and unfairly target minorities. His suggestion of the return of the stop and frisk procedure couldn’t come at a worse time as our nation is currently at odds with the recent string of deaths of minority civilians at the hands of police officers. His suggestion only heightened the ill feelings towards law enforcement. Speaking for myself I believe “stop and frisk” should be left and forgotten as all it did was deny people specifically minorities of their freedoms. While the stop and frisk procedure was responsible for busting people for minor offenses it often went off script and against the principles set forth in the Constitution. While I’m all for the just punishment of any wrongdoers of law, I believe stop and frisk should not be resurrected as it has been shown to statistically unfairly happen to minorities at an alarming rate, further heighten the current minority vs law enforcement narrative, and it is flat out unconstitutional.
Today, politics vary drastically from what our Founding Fathers precedented in the genesis of the United States. September 19, marks the 208 anniversary of Washington’s Farewell Address, whether bad or for worse, George Washington’s insight is still relevant in today’s political stage of a dominant two political party platform. In George Washington’s Farewell Address, then former president Washington, states the possible weaknesses to unfold as a republic. The ideology of a political party with definite beliefs alters the opinions and pride held for the United States for the domination of one party. History within itself, has had multiple political parties for varying causes, however the split between the Democrats and Republicans, although
In 1990, New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton instituted a stop, question, and frisk policy in his jurisdiction . The program allows police officers to search citizens without probable cause . This empowers police officers to use their discretion when deciding whether or not to search a subject . Since its inception, the policy has disproportionately targeted people of color . When police officers are allowed to use their discretion, some call upon their own prejudices against people of color to guide their decision-making . Despite President Trump’s calls to expand the program, stop-and-frisk should be eliminated altogether because it exposes people of color to discrimination. This discrimination creates resentment for police in minority communities.
Trump used his opening segment on the same issue to stress the importance of "law and order", and praised the stop-and-frisk policy - which was struck down by a New York judge and widely deemed a form or racial
In which ways did the Fifties and Sixties in the USA set the scene for the rise of conservatism in the Seventies and into the Reagan era? Was the rise of the right inevitable? Please explain your point of view.
The growing ideological gap between the United States’ two major political parties, in other words, rising levels of political polarization, has had a negative impact on American politics as it results in Congressional inefficient, public apathy, and economic inequality.
The 2016 presidential election has polarized both Democratic and Republican voters into increasingly solidified voting blocs. The Clinton and Trump campaigns have individually targeted different undecided voter typologies which play important roles in attempting to secure a winning electoral coalition. This essay will assess the policy positions of Clinton’s campaign and evaluate their appeals to various typologies set out by Pew Research Center. Furthermore, the typologies will be analyzed in order to determine their relevance and viability for building an effective coalition for the Clinton ticket.
America is a land of very diverse people from all parts of the world. They all have wide varieties of interests, which are represented by both parties of its political system. The Democrats and Republicans represent two different standpoints; although they concentrate on the same issues both of them have different views on how the issues should be addressed. Two presidential campaigns in which the parties’ candidates differed on the issues are that of 1988 and 1996. Democracy only works when the people who represent the masses differ on the issues, so that to protect our freedom and the parties of our political system are the best representation of this ideology.
People’s views on a wide range of issues are influenced or determined by the kind of foundational belief systems they hold. Therefore, the difference in the nature of opinions among individuals or groups of people alludes to the existence of distinct belief systems. In the course of history, the distinction between Liberalism and Conservatism has become more vivid particularly in the political arena where various players have expressed opposing points of view regarding the nation’s future. It is indeed undisputable that the foundational beliefs of Liberalism are diametrically opposed to those of Conservatism. This essay will give a definition of each term and describe how the two oppose each other.