Question description
Reflect: Political parties mobilize voters to win
elections and implement policy goals. Parties use their stated policy goals
(i.e., their platforms) as a way to mobilize voter support. Generally, in order
to be successful in a two-party system, parties must have policy goals across a
broad range of issue areas to appeal to a broad range of voters.
Write: Think about a specificissue or
policy that you are interested in and/or that has impacted you personally. Use
the assigned resources that are provided for this journal to gather information
about the goals and proposals, in that issue area, of three U.S.
political parties – the Democratic and Republican parties and a third party.
For the journal, write
about the following two ideas: Where do the three political parties
(Republican, Democrat, and your choice of a third party) currently stand on
this issue? Do they have national support? Explain your rationale.
Thinking about your own
Political Ideology that we discussed in the introduction discussion, which
party’s stance on the issue you selected is closest to your own?
Which is the furthest
from your ideals? Why?
