 This printable handout includes a brief description of the two main political parties in the United States and a survery with simple questions to vote yes/no and see who you would support if were to vote in the USA. |
In the United States of America (USA), there have always been two main parties. Since the 1860's, these two main parties have been the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. The current President of the United States Barack Obama is a Democrat and the Democrats are also the largest party in the Senate. The Republican Party has the most seats in the House of Representatives.
Demotratic Party
* Many support a progressive income tax (rich people paying at higher rates than poor people).
* Many are pro-choice (meaning that they believe women have the right to have an abortion).
* Many support stem-cell research to cure sickness.
* Many support withdrawing U.S. troops out of Iraq.
* Many support more government funding for education and infrastructure (road building).
* Many consider minority groups (such as women and blacks) disadvantaged.
* Many support gun control (which means that there should be strict rules about who can own guns and where they can use them)
* Many believe in global warming and want the government to do something about it.
* Many believe in health care reform (some believe in universal health care)
* Many believe that the economy should be regulated more.
Republican Party
* Many believe abortion should be illegal.
* Many are against gun control
* Many support the death penalty, rather than a life sentence (which sentences people to death if they do big crimes).
* Many support the U.S. having a strong military.
* Many support the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
* Many are against illegal immigration.
* Many want the government to control the economy less.
* Many want the government to spend less money.
* Many want taxes to be lowered.
* Many oppose health care which is run by the government.
* Many support a school voucher system (the government giving money to parents who send their kids to private school).
* Many believe the federal government should have less power over the states.
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