The Presidential Election Has Polarized Democratic And Democratic Politics

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?”

In his essay “Polarized Parties Are Good for America”, Matthew Yglesias asserts that the two-party system is ideal for America. He begins by stating that polarization is bad for elites, as it leaves little to no room for “self-styled players”. He then suggests that the two-party system is beneficial for voters, insisting that having clearly labeled candidates creates a “menu” that allows the masses to know what they’re voting for from the start. He concludes by stating that the problem isn’t in partisanship, but with the small number of parties. In this essay I will prove that the two-party system is bad for America.

Over the past three decades, the distance between parties has continued to grow steadily. As their distances increase it has become harder for presidents to receive votes from both parties.

According to the Pew Research Center, partisan polarization has been an issue for many Americans for a long period of time. Meaning, that those Americans are not in complete agreement with either republican or democratic parties, their ideas, and standards. In response, the Pew Research Center made an anonymous survey in an attempt to find and categorize people’s typology. If one were to take the quiz, their answers would create the their new typology and show how it may correspond with either partisan parties. When I took the Pew Research Center quiz, I found out that I am in the Faith and Family Left typology category. I agree with my given typology to a certain extent. Due to the limited number of answers of the quiz and the way questions were worded, it forced me to make uncomfortable choices, which weakened my ability to agree with my results. Although, the quiz did include all government issues and involvements, I think the most prominent issue is foreign involvement, specifically, the Islamic State in which the government will have to become more active and continue to be involved in with the Islamic State.

The political climate today is increasingly becoming more turbulent as Republicans and Democrats volley for superiority in Washington. The two parties are becoming more polarized by the hour, and this is affecting the ability of the government to move forward and pass legislation and continue to improve America. The Senate is in a state of gridlock on some of the most important issues to the people of the United States to date, and yet the senators which the people elected are instead caught up in fighting the people on the other side of the aisle. They should be listening to what their constituents need and want. Today Republican senators are using filibusters, scare tactics, and even entire news networks

Party polarization is another factor halting action being taken to solve the problem. Both political parties in the United States have divided views among many issues. This polarization between the Democrats and Republicans has formed because over time their membership of the two parties are purer, causing them to grow farther apart, states Jonathan Haidt and Sam Abrams in their article, “The Top Ten Reasons American Politics Are So Broken.” Republicans are becoming more conservative while the Democrats on the other hand, are becoming more liberal. In the issue of global warming, the division between the two parties are very distinct. The Democrats in this matter believes global warming exists and should be dealt with. The Republicans on

There are many theories as to how or why political polarization was formed, and the impact it has on government in modern day. Polarization has varied significantly over the years ever since the 1970’s. However, what is the true cause and can it be explained? This paper will discuss some theories on how political polarization came about, and analyzes some accounts of polarization overall. Defining political polarization is vital into developing an understanding of how or why it was initially formed.

The Core lecture was titled “Me, Myself, and I, D or R: Politics through Red and Blue Colored Glass” and lectured by Alex Theodoridis, who is a doctor of political science. The main argument of the lecture was that polarization will continue to increase between the parties until they are no longer able to close the gap of polarization. The main 3 groups of the lecture focus on were psychology, aggregate, and 2016 election. Psychology is basically how all individuals group themselves with it each of the parties. The way many identify themselves in each parties are our attachment to the parties, influence from parents, and new perspective change. Under these condition we identify ourselves to the parties. This explains that much of identification are influence by many factors and much polarization does come to play. From the article “Polarization in the Age of Obama” explains that polarization can affect us in deciding whether or

"when the 2004 election almost reproduced the 2000 map, belief in the polarization narrative peaked as social conservatives gloated about the purported importance of “values voters” for the re-election of President Bush, and liberal commentators bitterly accepted that interpretation."(2008, 564, 565)

The 2016 Presidential election is getting closer and the two major party nominees are getting ready for the fight of their lives, and not holding back any punches. In the red corner, representing the Republican Party, Donald Trump, the successful business person wants to make America great again. In the blue corner, representing the Democratic Party, Hilary Clinton, the former first lady and Secretary of state is making history as the first female major party Presidential candidate. Both have toured the country in full campaign mode trying to win the heart and vote of the American voters. The 2016 Presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, have very different views on debated topics

Clinton was known through her election process as being very liberal and having these very non-traditional ideas of what she would try to accomplish within the nation. Through this type of campaign the person running for office will do so in trying to localize the vote, i.e. targeting a specific group of people. Clinton did this very well in her recent run for presidency, she did so by targeting the minority group of women. We as the voting population see how Clinton's choice in doing so was fueled by her home life and childhood. Hillary Clinton was born to teen parents who did not love her and did not want her, in this case we see how such an issue in her childhood could provoke her desire for legalization of abortions for women. Along with that scenario her marriage to a cheating husband can be seen as evidence as to how Hillary’s election would be pushed towards rights of the female population. In some cases this helped her campaign, but in more than one case it could be seen as the reason she lost the

Tensions are high. Tension between political parties. Tension between races. Tension between religions. Tension between those in authority and the people. Tension between our presidential nominees: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Tension between red states and blue states. In fact tension seems to be everywhere in the world today!

Republicans and Democrats can agree that this election cycle is by no means normal. The American people have to choose between the bombastic Donald Trump, who is as committed to change the country as he is committed to offend everyone, or Hillary Clinton who seemed to be the obvious choice at first but not so much anymore. Election cycles can be simplified into three categories. The voter’s perspective, family values and the candidates image to the public. Joseph Burgo, George Lakoff and Maria Konnikova respectively presented these three ideas as essential interworking cogs of the subconscious electoral mind. According to them, most people have already decided who their favorite candidate is and it has nothing to do with the “issues”. So lets address the Elephant and Donkey in the room, who should America vote for?

In this presidential election, the argument for Hillary Clinton is simple. I feel that stakes are simply too high to consider voting for an alternative candidate, but I understand that many people feel differently or hold the belief that the stakes are simply too high to vote for her. Many voters were disappointed in the results of the democratic primary. In this presidential election, many now feel that they must choose between the lesser of two evils, and this has caused many to vote for a third party or abstain from voting for president entirely. While I understand that this election has been far more strenuous than expected, and that feelings of disappointment are quite real for several Americans, I hold the belief that the act of voting is too important to abstain from. In this paper, I will outline Hillary Clinton’s qualifications for the presidency and discuss why I think she’s the best person for the job. Her thirty years of experience in government and support of children’s access to health care and education are only a few reasons among the many I feel Americans should consider when voting. I hope to compare the issues Hillary Clinton plans to take on with the issues Donald Trump has proposed addressing. The two primary candidates have vastly different sets of experience and qualifications, but also have vastly different characters. This fact is undeniably noticeable. I hope I can make a case for why you should vote for Hillary Clinton in this 2016 election.

Today whenever you turn on the television, read a newspaper, or scroll through social media, you are bound to witness the same one thing – election season. This year of 2016 brings the time for Americans to elect a new President for the United States of America. While every American certainly has their own opinion on who is the best fit for the presidency spot, one thing is for certain; the elected president will either be of the Democrat Party or the Republican Party. The Democrat and Republican parties are the two largest political parties of the United States, and between the two of them, have won every presidential election since 1852. While Republican and Democrat parties do share similar goals, it is quite minor when compared to the substantial amount of differences between the two parties’ ideology pertaining to economic, domestic, foreign, and social issues. It is very important that one is informed of the differences as well as the similarities, of the two political parties, in order to make an educated choice come election time, when choosing the party and candidate that best represents your beliefs.