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Political Perspectives and Party Politics
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Where on the Spectrum?
• What is a Political Perspective:
• Political spectrum
• Measures both the type of change desired and the time it takes to achieve it
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Immediate <Time> Immediate
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Conservatism • Traditional views
• What is considered tradition?
• George W. Bush
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Liberalism• Progress and reform
• Change…but how quickly?
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A Little of This and That• Liberals vs. Conservatives
• Most Americans somewhere in between Moderate Where is a moderate approach to
politics most effective?
• James Monroe
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ronald Reagan
John Brown
Abraham Lincoln
Adolf Hitler
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Political Perspectives in Parties
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“There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.”
-John Adams, 1789
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U.S.= Multi Party SystemRepublicans and Democrats dominate U.S. politics
Republican: Conservatives Democratic: Liberal
Party Domination
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Where on the Issues?
• Not all Republicans and Democrats vote the same way
• Depends on the issue
• Is Arizona a Republican or Democratic state?
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References:• Slide 2-6: Marcie Hutchinson (2014), “The Political Spectrum,” Arizona State University, 2014
Studentnewsdaily.com (2010). “Conservative vs. Liberal Beliefs.”
StudentNewsDaily.com. Modified 2013. Accessed May 27, 2014.
http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/conservative-vs-liberal-beliefs/• Slide 3: Russell Kirk (1956). “Tradition.” A Program for Conservatives (Washington, D.C.: Regnery, 1956).
http://www.conservative.org/acu-f/tradition
Studentnewsdaily.com (2010). “Conservative vs. Liberal Beliefs.”
StudentNewsDaily.com. Modified 2013. Accessed May 27, 2014. http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/conservative-vs-liberal-beliefs/
• Slide 7: All images accessed through Library of Congress• Slide 9: “John Adams Quotes,” Good Reads. Accessed May 27, 2014, • Slide 10: Stephen Flanders (2007), “Political Parties,” The New Book of Knowledge, Grolier Online,
accessed May 24, 2014, http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/political-parties
Hutchinson, “Political Spectrum” • ushistory.org (2014), “Political Parties,” American Government Online Textbook, accessed May 24, 2014,
http://www.ushistory.org/gov/5a.asp• Slide 11: Andrea Caumont (2012), “Section 9: Trends in Party Affiliation,” Pew Research Center, accessed
May 24, 2014, http://www.people-press.org/2012/06/04/section-9-trends-in-party-affiliation/
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Bibliography• Slide 7:
Image retrieved from: http://www.internet4classrooms.com/inspiration.htm
• Slide 8: The United States Department of Justice . "Justice News." The United States
Department of Justice . July 6, 2010. http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/July/10-opa-776.html.
• Slide 9: Rau, Alia B, and Ginger Rough. "Political News." AZ Central . February 11, 2011.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/azelections/articles/2011/02/10/20110210arizona-to-sue-feds-over-border-security.html.
• Slide 10: Image retrieved from: http://www.npr.org/2010/12/21/132112000/double-take-
toons-july-arizonas-sb1070-blocked