Discussion Part 2

Week 4 Discussion US Gov

The Ideologies of American Politics

Please respond to the following:

· Based on the information and the knowledge gained from this section, consider the following:

· Identify at least three effects on political ideologies that arise from the existence of only two major political parties in the U.S.

· How do THIRD parties affect the two major parties considering their role in the political primary process?

· How do the two major political parties compare in terms of actual outcomes of their policies, NOT their stated goals or policies?

· How have the two major parties changed over the course of the past several decades? (NOTE: The Live Lectures will help answer this part)

· Which party is actually the party of the "rich" and which is the party of the "poor"? ...Don't just copy what you find on the Internet; prove what you find.

Respond to Peer Below:

Hello, class and professor hope everyone had a good weekend. 

Two parties create a division of issues that then helps to classify problems, Members of both equally parties will share the same equal core beliefs, and when two parties come together and make it easy to be able to run for office doing this helps it to stand out more like one party. These three effects on political ideologies arise from the existence of only two major political in the U.S. next question The constitution of the USA as we stand as a citizen can represent and form a political party due to the past many people tried to create a political as for the third party but where never able to accomplish it. The two parties systems we have are built into a structure of U.S elections meaning that one was for the geographic district to be able to lead to dominance with two major political parties. Politicians succeed to be able to organize for them selfs to grow their own ambitions politicians to where they can act in interests and collective aspiration    As politicians, the goal is to win control of the government in a way to accumulating to run political campaigns this also gives policy that can appeal to a large number of of voters to be able to secure electoral majorities.  The two major parties have changed in a way that in 1796 where Hamilton became a federalist party and then headed by Madison on the democratic-republican party these two at one point argued the faction how it can be bad for the government.  but they were the cause of the split into parties. and after a hundred years later some kind of leadership picked candidates big move.

Week 5 US GOV discussion:

The Origin of the Two-Party System and Why It is Important

Please respond to the following:

· Based on the scenario and the knowledge gained from this section, address the following:

· Discuss one effect that the two-party system of the U.S. has on the political interests of American citizens. Suggest one reason why the two-party system has regulated the emergence and successful contention of a major third party in presidential elections.

· What role do the primaries play in representing other "parties" and beliefs within the two-party system?

· Consider how the media influences political parties and voters, political bias for/against parties, and the role of ideology.

· How does fake news and outright lies in the media affect people's perception of the two political parties?

· Review the first few slides of Live Lecture #2 for an examination of the political spectrum.

· Remember, ALL major parties have once been third parties just as all large businesses were once small businesses.

· What are some of the benefits or problems with having a multi-party system like many other countries?

Respond to Peer Below:

Good Evening Class and Professor Salley,

I will address: Consider how the media influences political parties and voters…

It is amazing when it is time to elect a president or someone to fill a seat in the House of Representatives or Congress, the television is flooded with ads.  You can easily determine who the ad is representing by pictures, negative words, or actions against their opponent.   You never hear the opponent speak kind words of their running mate.  And the reason being, he/she want to WIN.  It does not matter if what is shown, was taken out of context, or cut from one clip and pasted to anther to prove a negative point.  This is the FAST way of being heard and getting the message out as to who is running and whom they are running against.  People that do NOT have the time to read and research for themselves…prefer to take the easy route.  How convenient.  The problem is, what if what you are being told IS NOT TRUE.  And you are basing your decision—on lies.

It really is not the media’s fault.  The media knows, in this technological stage, people want the answer NOW, true, or not—just fast.  The ideology is this, you are letting the media decide for you because you do not have the time to research yourself.

 

Thanks,

Pam

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