Personal Narrative: The Republican Party

This year has been a contentious year for WV legislators and teachers. For teachers, we have been fighting to keep our health insurance costs down, are pay up, and seniority intact. Legislators have been dealing with the heat from our fire and trying to give us what we need to put that fire out. To deal with my eternal fire, I posted to Facebook saying, "I will never claim to understand politics as I would hope most politicians wouldn't claim to understand teaching. I think we need to fix this. Maybe we need to walk a day in each other's shoes. I don't mean spend an hour walking around. I mean a day, maybe even two." I went on to explain the life of a teacher and decided that a Facebook post seen by my friends wasn't enough. I decided to put my money where my mouth was. I created a paper invitation and a small note then mailed one to every member of the Senate, House of Delegates, and to the Governor's office. In this

I believe that I am more Republican. Some of the biggest issues that are important to me are abortion, immigration and taxes. Even though my beliefs on abortion do not line up with that of republicans, I still generally side with their beliefs more. I believe in prochoice, I think that people should be safe when it comes to things like pregnancy but if they want to get an abortion, it is up to that person. The government should not be allowed to control what someone does with their body in this aspect. Immigration is another issue I find very important feel that if someone is here illegally, they should not be allowed to stay. I feel that immigration is ok as long as the person coming into the country does it right. America is a country of immigrants so of course our arm should be open to those who wish to live here. However, the moment they are here illegally and are not planning to legally be part of the country they should be deported. Finally, taxes are a somewhat important issue to me. I think that the very rich should have higher taxes since it makes more sense that they would have the money to pay for it. Those who do not make a lot a year should be minimally taxed so that they are able to pay their taxes each year.

I felt that I could relate myself to the pilgrim she saw in her vision. I came to this country for the freedom of worship, to appreciate diversity, and to have opportunities to utilize my talents without being discriminated.

After Trump’s surprising win of the presidency, many liberals did not know what to do with themselves. This is because not only did Trump win the presidency which is one of a liberals worst nightmares; but along with this the Republicans have gained control of congress, and according to the article, they’re “increasingly in control of state governments and state legislatures,"(de Vogue). If I were an abortion supporting liberal right now, I would be extremely upset too. I would fear that if I am a supporter of abortion in Texas, and Roe V. Wade is to be repealed I would be fearful that I would have to leave the state to have an abortion. And this might not be an easy road trip, if I live in East Texas, to my east is the deep south Of Louisiana,

The United States population is spread out across a spectrum of the political ideologies. We are typically seen as being on the “left”, also called liberals, or on the “right”, called conservatives. The two main political parties in our country are the Democrats, whose supporters are typically on the left, and the Republicans, whose supporters are on the right. These parties and their policies, however, are becoming more polarized and are attracting the more extreme members of their party and not the moderate voters, which make up the majority of the voters. By setting policies that the moderate voters would agree with can help political parties gain more voters, as long as they do not lean too far away from their base groups, or their strongest and more extreme voters. Republicans would gain supporters by changing their policies on free trade agreements, immigration, healthcare, and wall street to those that are more similar to the most of the public. These supporters would come from the moderate voters, like the hard-pressed skeptics and the young outsiders, and some of the other liberal groups, like the next-generation left and the faith and family left.

I am a hard-core liberal and I believe that the first part of the reason why I think I am this way is because of the family I was born into. After my mother and elder uncle were born my grandmother adopted two African-American kids and when I was a kid being introduced to my aunt, uncle, and cousins, all I saw was my family; people who are like me. That view has followed me through life to the point where I don’t see people as different but living things that walk and talk like me and that each of them are unique in their own way. Each of them has their own problems like me.

With everything going on in the news and the new administration, I have been feeling the urge to do something. I happened to come across an online site where it talked about taking action. So, I decided to organize a Stockton Huddle, which is a 90-minute gathering for people of all walks of life to sit and calmly discuss their concerns about the new administration and its policies. Huddles are the second of 10-planned actions in the First 100 days of this presidency, which launched at the Women’s March in Washington D.C.

America’s gift to my generation is freedom. Freedom is the right to do what one wants, lives where he/she wants, eat what they want, and choose the religion in which he or she believes in without ignoring or harming other people’s rights. Freedom is an important gift. Freedom allows schools, buildings, and public places to have many types of people; gays, lesbians, Asians, African Americans, girls, and boys. Back when Martin Luther King Jr was alive, their schools were segregated; meaning Caucasian people couldn’t go to school with African Americans. Some of my best friends are not the same race or religion as me. Well I, had the gift of freedom to choose my friends. I have one best friend since the second grade who isn’t the same race or religion

I came to the United Stated from Poland at the age of six. I grew up in a very liberal city and believed that I was a liberal as well. Everyone around me, my teachers and my peers, always denounced conservative beliefs. I never took the time to actually learn and research the facts for myself. In January 2016, when the election was 11 short months away, I realized that it was time to learn about the candidates in order to make an educated vote. With this, it was necessary to learn, for myself, about the political parties. This was when I realized that my views and beliefs did not align with the Democratic Party and that I am actually a conservative. Those around me did not take kindly to my newly discovered beliefs and I lost many friends,

The United States is 241 years old. There have been many changes to the country. Many of those changes have been in the last 100 years. My generation is lucky to have the freedom to do what we want. Being born in 2005, I am lucky to have opportunities other generation did not have.

Everyone has heard of the backseat drive, or the armchair quarterback, and at some point in our lives, we have all acted as the unelected politician. I have decided that since I now have a decent sized soapbox, I might as well hop on and get to talking. Who better to fix the worlds problems than a movie theater manager right?

There are a variety of reasons that account for female respondents being more likely to vote for a Democratic candidate in the 2016 Presidential Election. This is because that in general, the Democratic Party tends to champion the rights of minorities, such as blacks, Hispanics, members of the LGBT community and women, endorsing passing progressive action that will benefit them. On the other hand, the Republican Party tends to promote maintaining traditional policies that sometimes marginalize minority groups (such as women) in the United States. A prime and relevant example of the differing viewpoints of both political parties is the issue of women’s rights over their own bodies, as Planned Parenthood is defended by Democrats and attacked

With each step I took, I could hear my footsteps echo so I ended up calling it the Echo Chamber, I glanced over my shoulder towards the right to see a set of stairs, turning around and walking back over to the entrance I glanced both to my left and right to see both set of stairs really. Pulling out my gun from my right thigh holster I checked the magazine cartridge to see I was still good on bullets, pushing the magazine cartridges up, I checked my gunblade’s bullets which was good as

I come from a liberal family. I participate in liberal groups. I voted for Hillary. Yet I am a conservative.

Growing up in a very conservative household within an increasingly liberal society, I've had difficulty identifying my own political beliefs. I’ve been taught to pick a side: the left or right. That mindset has always left me torn and confused, but I have discovered that I don’t want to choose. I am a moderate. For me, politics is about my own values and my own ideologies, not whether my values are specifically conservative or liberal. I have a more liberal view on issues such as same-sex marriage, the death penalty, and abortion. And I have more conservative views on taxes, the free market system, and welfare. What I believe should not be swayed by trying to affiliate myself with a particular political party. I don’t fit perfectly into the