poli sci

 BACKGROUND: This is constructed a little differently than your previous assignments. Rather than everyone going to the identical site for your information, you have some choices on this one. The purpose of the assignment is to ascertain what American political parties stand for. You should select two political parties, find their web sites and then compare those two parties’ positions on four issues.

DIRECTIONS: Locate two American political parties of your choosing. I am including the last known web sites for seven American political parties. (NOTE: They may have changed, so be prepared to use a web search engine to find the ones you are most interested in.)

Communist Party: http://www.cpusa.org/
Constitution Party: http://www.constitutionparty.com/
Democratic Party: http://www.democrats.org/
Democratic Socialist Party: http://www.dsausa.org
Green Party: http://www.gp.org
Libertarian Party: http://www.lp.org
Republican Party: http://www.gop.com/index.php

When you have located two party sites, navigate until you find something that resembles a “party platform” or statement of policy positions. This will be different for each site, so take your time. If you can’t find the appropriate information within 10 minutes, then try a different site. Then proceed to the questions.

WHICH TWO POLITICAL PARTIES ARE YOU USING FOR THIS EXERCISE? (4 points)
Party A = the ______________________________ Party
Party B = the ______________________________ Party

Question #1 : What is the position of each of your two parties on job growth/unemployment? Do you see any difference? (4 points)

Question #2: What is the position of each of your two parties on health care? Do you see any differences? (4 points)

Question #3 : What is the position of each of your two parties on immigration? Do you see any differences? (4 points)

Question #4 : On balance, did you find that each party's promises were clear and understandable or unclear and evasive?  Explain. (4 points)