Ap u.s. government & politics Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Current events discussion 7 Minutes

Warm-Up: Practice MCQ A politician who advocates raising minimum wage, increasing the budget for Social Security, and involving the federal government more in the protection of the environment would be considered a: Populist Liberal Conservative Libertarian

HW Discussion: “Boiling mad”

Republicans Democrats Now that you understand the political spectrum and terms like “liberal” and “conservative” we can begin to talk about the two major political parties in America: Democrats and Republicans! Anarchy Republicans Democrats

Political Parties in America: The Republicans

Today the Republicans! “The GOP” “Conservative”

Republican Voters Tend To: Republican Voters Tend To: *Live in the Midwest or South and in rural and suburban areas. Generally speaking the farther one gets from urban centers (cities) the more likely a person is to find a large number of Republican voters “Rural” “Suburban”

Republican Voters Tend To:. Be White Republican Voters Tend To: *Be White. 91% of those who voted for Mitt Romney in 2012 and Donald Trump in 2016 were white BUT President Obama won every OTHER racial group by a two-to-one margin or greater

Republican Voters Tend To: Republican Voters Tend To: *Be against spending large sums on social-welfare programs. Republicans feel that aid programs create a culture of dependency in which the poor become reliant on the government instead of themselves Romney

Everybody!!

Republican Voters Tend To: Republican Voters Tend To: *Believe in tax cuts for ALL AMERICANS including the upper class and large corporations. Republicans believe very progressive tax rates punish the rich for their success - some instead support a “flat tax” based on a set percentage

Republican Voters Tend To: Republican Voters Tend To: *Be from the middle and upper classes (Refer to your last note for the reason why:)

Republican Voters Tend To: Republican Voters Tend To: *Support the production of oil and coal “domestically” (in the U.S.) and are opposed to most environmental regulations

*Oppose most firearm regulations and are more inclined to spend on defense*. Republicans believe gun ownership is a fundamental Constitutional right and also believe the U.S. has should continue to spend large sums of money on the military and national defense. * Anarchy

Republicans Tend To: *Oppose Abortion (“Pro-Life”) and are against Gay Marriage*. Republicans feel that as a “Christian Nation” the United States cannot tolerate actions that run counter to the Bible * *

That’s the Republicans!

Discussion Questions 1) What is one policy area in which you agree with the Republicans? 2) What is one policy area in which you disagree with the Republicans? 3) What is one thing about the Republican Party that you would like to change?

Homework Chapter 6: Reading and Outline Due Friday, October 13 MC & Vocab Quiz that Same Day