1. The Political Spectrum
Aim: What is the Political Spectrum and where do you fall on the political spectrum?
Do Now: Are you a Democrat, Republican, Independent, or other? Why?

2. Less Gov’t More Freedom Population of United States
Do Now: Take a Political Spectrum Survey. You have 5 minutes.
Political Spectrum
Government
More Gov’t
Less Freedom
Less Gov’t More Freedom
SCORING
10 = Ultra Conservative 15 = Conservative 20 = Moderate 25 = Liberal 30 = Ultra Liberal
Totalitarian
Total Gov’t
Control
Anarchy
No Gov’t
Control
Center
Moderate
Little of Both
Left/Right
Center
Left
Center
Right
Today’s Liberal
Today’s Conservative
Left
Right
Today’s Democrat
Today’s Republican
Population of United States
Radical Change
Radical Change

3. Less Gov’t More Freedom Population of United States
Political Spectrum
Government
More Gov’t
Less Freedom
Less Gov’t More Freedom
Totalitarian
Total Gov’t
Control
Anarchy
No Gov’t
Control
Center
Moderate
Little of Both
Left/Right
Center
Left
Center
Right
Today’s Liberal
Today’s Conservative
Left
Right
Today’s Democrat
Today’s Republican
Radicals
Reactionary
Population of United States
Radical Change
Radical Change

4. Obama speaks about “Spreading the wealth around”
Obama speaks about the “government option”

5. Reagan speaks about “Government not being the solution but the problem”
New Gengrich speaks about “People create jobs, not government”

6. Occupy Wall Street
NYC
Occupy Chicago

7. Where our Leaders past/present fall on the Political Spectrum
Sec. Hillary Clinton
Gov. Mitt Romney
Sen. John McCain
President Clinton
President Bush
President Obama
Rep. Ron Paul