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FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT: IM A DEMOCRAT please answer accoridingly.
Assignment – Compare and Contrast
As you’ve learned, there are two major political parties in the United States – Democrats and Republicans. Fill in the chart below with information about each party’s stance on the issue indicated. Use the internet and whatever resources you have available to you to find the correct information.
You can copy/paste this chart into a word processing program such as Microsoft Word and fill it in there, or you can recreate the table and fill it in that way.
Once you have completed the table, write a response (2-3 paragraphs) to answer this question:
Which of the two major parties do you most agree with? Why?
Democrats | Republicans | |
Taxes | ||
Abortion | ||
Stem Cell Research | ||
Affirmative Action | ||
Campaign Finance Reform | ||
Death Penalty | ||
Gun Control | ||
Education | ||
Environmental Issues | ||
Assisted Suicide | ||
Gay Rights | ||
Immigration | ||
Health Care Reform | ||
Social Security Reform | ||
Jobs and the Economy |
Once you’ve completed this assignment, submit the completed table and your response to the question provided to your instructor.
Point value: 50 points
Grading Rubric:
- Chart is accurately filled in - 20 points
- A 2-3 paragraph reflection is included which explains which party the student most agrees with and uses at least 3 examples from the chart to defend the logic behind making this decision - 30 points
Explanation & Answer
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Running head: DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS
Democrats and Republicans
Name
Instructor
Course
Date
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DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS
Taxes
2
Republicans
Democrats
Republicans believe in the
The democrats believe that the high
existence of a "flat tax"
income earners ought to be taxed higher
whereby there should be a
than the low-income earners.
similar tax rate regardless of
the income paid
Abortion
The republicans maintain that
Support abortion and believe the decision
an unborn child has rights that
to abort should be left to the woman
need to be safeguarded. The
Roe v. Wade
fundamental right to live is
therefore extended to the
foetuses
Stem Cell
Republican perceptions on
Democrats are more supportive of stem cell
Research
stem cell research are against
research; particularly the embryonic stem
research that utilizes tissue
cell research.
cells from foetuses that have
been miscarried.
Affirmative
It is argued that the
The democratic support the Affirmative
Republicans take advantage of
action strategies in a bid to embrace
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS
Action
3
the Affirmative action strategy
diversity, whilst redressing discrimination
for enhancing their political
thereby allowing each American citizen to
objectives whilst they oppose
achieve equality
similar policies in the
workforce as well as within
the educational institutions.
Campaign
The Republicans as like the
The Democrats as like the Republicans
Finance
Democrats believe that the
believe that the campaign finance needs
Reform
ca...