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Political ideologies have two dimensions: (1) goals: how society should be organized; and (2) methods: the most appropriate way to achieve this goal. An ideology is a collection of ideas. Typically, each ideology contains certain ideas on what it considers to be the best form of government (e.g. autocracy or democracy ) and the best economic ...
The Democrats adopted a reformed view of democracy in which political candidates sought support directly rather than through intermediaries such as political machines. [35] Many progressive reforms became popular within the Democratic Party to increase direct democracy and give citizens more power over government operations, [ 36 ] and they ...
U.S. opinion on gun control issues is deeply divided along political lines, as shown in this 2021 survey. [55] With a stated goal of reducing crime and homicide, the Democratic Party has introduced various gun control measures, most notably the Gun Control Act of 1968, the Brady Bill of 1993, and Crime Control Act of 1994.
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Between 1974 and 1978, studies showed that political ideology had a very weak correlation with support for abortion rights. The correlation between political party identification and support for abortion rights was even weaker. [69] Mary Louise Smith, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee from 1974 to 1977, was pro-abortion rights ...
Also called the Blue Dog Democrats or simply the Blue Dogs. A caucus in the United States House of Representatives comprising members of the Democratic Party who identify as centrists or conservatives and profess an independence from the leadership of both major parties. The caucus is the modern development of a more informal grouping of relatively conservative Democrats in U.S. Congress ...
Pages in category "Political views by person" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Arianna Huffington (born 1950), political commentator; Lawrence O'Donnell (born 1951), political commentator; Michael Moore (born 1954), filmmaker [46] Bill Maher (born 1956), comedian and political commentator; Keith Olbermann (born 1959), journalist and political commentator; Katrina vanden Heuvel (born 1959), journalist and political commentator