# ? “Political Ideologies “ 9/17

1)Create a “T-Chart” and label one side Conservative and the other Liberal. Try to come up with difference in ideology for both sides.

2)What are political parties and why do people join them?

Political Ideologies

Unit 2

Political Participation

Political Party

• Group of people who seek to control government through the winning of elections and holdings of public offices

• Group of people, joined together on the basis of common principles, who seek to control government in order to affect certain public policies

Political Party

Link between people and gov’t

Why Political Parties?

1. Help organize gov’t

2. Create interest in gov’t

3. Recruit candidates and

campaign workers

4. Raise $

Two Major Political Parties

• Republicans • Democrats

http://www.gop.com/Default.aspx http://www.democrats.org/ourparty.html

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/

Conservative

• Supports Status Quo (the existing state or condition)

• Uphold traditional values – Pro-family– Anti-abortion– Religion

• Self-Sufficiency• Stronger Military• Favor Free Market

– Against “big government”

Republicans

John McCain

• http://www.johnmccain.com/

• http://www.youtube.com/johnmccain

Liberal

• Government very involved in social conditions

• Favor and Support– “big government”– Welfare– Minorities– Poor– Social Injustices– Environment– Civil Liberties– Separation of Church and State

Democrats

Obama-http://www.barackobama.com/index.php

http://www.youtube.com/barackobama

Independent• Not affiliated with any one political party

Moderate•Not extreme

•Middle Ground, between left and right

Radical•Favor extreme changes

•Both left and right

Libertarian- “More Freedom, Less Government, and Lower Taxes”

• Largest Third Party• Neither Left or Right• Complete Laissez Faire• Total Individual Liberty

• Social/ Political – Pro-drug legalization, pro-choice, pro-gay marriage,

pro-home schooling, anti-gun control

• Economic– Pro-free trade, anti-minimum wage, anti-income tax,

no regulation of business

http://www.lp.org/article_85.shtml

http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O1aZZ8t_XI

Ron Paul:http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=ay4vXZWxeuU

http://www.youtube.com/user/RonPaul2008dotcom

Anarchist

• Anarchy = no government.

• After a civil war in a country, when a government has been destroyed and rival groups are fighting to take its place

• Anarchists are people who believe that government is a bad thing

• Believe it stops people from organizing their own lives

Radical Left

Totalitarian/ Fascism

• Government controls all aspects of life• Political and Cultural Expression is Suppressed• Centralized Control• People are forced to do what

the government tells them • may also be prevented from

leaving the country

Radical Right

Ideological Spectrum

ModeratesAnarchists

Socialists/Communist Reactionary

FascismConservativesLiberals

Refining the Ideological Spectrum

The Economic Spectrum

Liberal Conservative

Economic Liberals favor broad government involvement in economic policymaking and regulation of business

Economic conservatives favor limited government involvement in economic policymaking and regulation of business

Refining the Ideological Spectrum

The Social/ Political Spectrum

Liberal Conservative

Social and political liberals favor limited government regulation of individual behavior.

Social and political conservatives favor broad government regulation of individual behavior.

Ideology Grid

TotalitarianConservative

Libertarian Liberal

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Economic

• http://www.votenader.org/

Political SatirePolitical Satire

Daily ShowDaily Show–Deal or New DealDeal or New Deal

Saturday Night LiveSaturday Night Live–GoreGore