3. Extreme Left
Mussolini's Italy; Franco's Spain
Nazi Germany under Hitler; Yugoslavia under Tito

4. Extreme Left
Red China under Mao; the former USSR; Castro's Cuba; N. Korea
Total Control over the Citizens

5. Left
U.S. Democrat Party (Average Position)
European Welfare States 

6. Right
Rush Limbaugh; National Review; American Spectator; Young Americans for Freedom
U.S. Republican Party (Average Position)

7. Extreme Right
The Laissez-Faire Republic (No Meddling with Peaceful Citizens)
U.S. Libertarian Party

8. Extreme Right
Thomas Jefferson; U.S.A. prior to 1914 (no income tax, Less Federal Government, More Power to the States)

9. French Legislative Assembly 1791
Left: Jacobins-more radical than Girondins
Commoners
Wanted to abolish the monarchy and pushed for other radical changes.
Advocated transformation of the constitutional monarchy into a federal republic

10. French Legislative Assembly 1791
Left
The Left had three objects of enmity: first, King Louis XVI, Queen Marie Antoinette and the royal family; secondly, the émigrés, and thirdly, the clergy.
Ardent proponents of radical revolutionary measures

11. French Legislative Assembly 1791
Left
Left has been associated with ideology that is intended to favor "the masses." 
The Left implied opposition to aristocratic or royal interests.

12. French Legislative Assembly 1791
Left of Center: Girondins
Opposed government interference in the economy.
More moderate than the Jacobins.
Executed by the Jacobins.

13. French Legislative Assembly 1791
Left of Center
Jacobins: eradicate the "enemy within" and secure the destiny of the revolution through the destruction of counter-revolutionary forces. By weeding out those who opposed the revolution, they could achieve their goals quickly and efficiently.

14. French Legislative Assembly 1791
Left of Center
The Girondins were not so quick to agree with the Jacobins, and so political deadlock began to form in the Convention.

15. French Legislative Assembly 1791
Center: Plain
Supporters of Moderate Reform
Majority caucus which was without well-defined political opinions and consequently without initiative. The Plain, however, uniformly opposed the Republican factors that sat on the left, composed mainly of the Girondists.

16. French Legislative Assembly 1791
Right of Center
Feuillants
Constitutional Monarchists
La Fayette

17. French Legislative Assembly 1791
Right Monarchists & Aristocrats
They felt reform had gone far enough or even wanted to turn the clock back to 1788.
Right has generally been associated with ideology that favors an elite social group
The Right implied support for aristocratic or royal interests.

18. IDEOLOGY GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT
RADICAL
TOTAL

19. IDEOLOGY GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT
LIBERAL
MORE

20. IDEOLOGY GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT
MODERATE
SOME

21. IDEOLOGY GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT
CONSERVATIVE
LESS

22. IDEOLOGY GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT
REACTIONARY
BARE MINIMUM

23. IDEOLOGY SPEED OF CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT
RADICAL
RAPID

24. IDEOLOGY SPEED OF CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT
LIBERAL
GRADUAL

25. IDEOLOGY SPEED OF CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT
MODERATE
SLOW TO NO CHANGE

26. IDEOLOGY SPEED OF CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT
CONSERVATIVE
NO CHANGE

27. IDEOLOGY SPEED OF CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT
REACTIONARY
RETURN TO THE PAST

28. IDEOLOGY POLITICAL PARTIES
RADICAL
COMMUNIST
SOCIALIST

29. IDEOLOGY POLITICAL PARTIES
LIBERAL
DEMOCRATS

30. IDEOLOGY POLITICAL PARTIES
MODERATE
INDEPENDENTS

31. IDEOLOGY POLITICAL PARTIES
CONSERVATIVE
REPUBLICAN

32. IDEOLOGY POLITICAL PARTIES
REACTIONARY
LIBERTARIANS

33. ISSUES TAXES
RADICAL & LIBERAL
High taxes for high level of government services. State control over economy.

34. ISSUES TAXES
MODERATE
Mixture of both sides depending on individual convictions and political expediency.

35. CONSERVATIVE & REACTIONARY
ISSUES TAXES
CONSERVATIVE & REACTIONARY
Low taxes or large tax cuts. Reduction in government services and regulation.

36. Government subsidizes public education through college level.
ISSUES EDUCATION
RADICAL & LIBERAL
Government subsidizes public education through college level.

37. CONSERVATE & REACTIONARY
ISSUES EDUCATION
CONSERVATE & REACTIONARY
Government turns control to local agencies. Vouchers OK.

38. ISSUES DEFENSE
RADICAL & LIBERAL
Reduce government spending on military. Interventionist foreign policy.

39. CONSERVATE & REACTIONARY
ISSUES DEFENSE
CONSERVATE & REACTIONARY
Increase spending on military readiness. Reduce U.S. involvement in world conflicts.

40. ISSUES ENVIRONMENT
RADICAL & LIBERAL
Regulate business to protect natural resources. Steer away from nuclear, coal, oil fuels.

41. CONSERVATE & REACTIONARY
ISSUES ENVIRONMENT
CONSERVATE & REACTIONARY
Support exploration of federal land for new energy sources. Reduce government regulation.