...#27 There has always been a fight between what is considered fair for the rich and the poor. Under certain leadership, there can be favoritism towards one these groups of people. The Democratic Party tends to have more of an influence on the minorities and the poor class while the Republican Party is supported mainly by the white working class. Based on evidence provided by Bartels, the poor class does better under democratic rule. A strong correlation between the theory of Frymer and the evidence of Bartels can be seen. There is a strong racial issue that can be seen during elections for these political parties but it is not in certain political Parties interest to find support from certain groups due to electoral capture. The minorities and lower classes have a lower representation by the Political Parties during elections and need to have more benefits instead of it being focused mainly on the white working class. Though the lower class seems to do better under the Democratic Party, neither of the main Parties seems to represent them well. Voting behavior seems to be in favor of the Democratic Party, but the Republican Party still has a good chance at winning even though most of electorate has been worse under Republican leadership. Bartels suggests that this is due towards the American voters are myopic and are convinced that economically they will be better off. The voters seem to have more of a focus on economic issues than political issues. The voters will then follow...
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...list below: o African American o Asian American o Arab American o Hispanic American/Latino o White/Caucasian • Write a 150- to 300-word summary of the economic, social, and political standings of that group. Use additional resources if necessary, from the University Library or your textbooks. Provide citations for all the sources you use. Collectively, African Americans are more involved in the American political process than other minority groups in the United States. Why? Because, as indicated by the highest level of voter registration and participation in elections among these groups in 2004. African Americans collectively attain higher levels of education than immigrants to the United States. African Americans also have the highest level of Congressional representation of any minority group in the U.S.The large majority of African Americans support the Democratic Party. In the 2004 Presidential Election, Democrat John Kerry received 88% of the African American vote compared to 11% for Republican George W. Bush. Historically, African Americans were supporters of the Republican Party because it was Republican President Abraham Lincoln who helped in granting freedom to American slaves; at the time, the Republicans and Democrats represented the sectional interests of the North and South, respectively, rather than any specific ideology, and both right and left were represented equally in both parties. The African American trend of voting for Democrats...
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...years 1825-1850, some movements in the united states sought to expand democratic ideals like abolitionism , juvenile delinquency, religion reform, and women's rights, to increase the rights of the american people others did not show democratic ideals but instead wanted change in temperance and education. In documents 1,2,3,5, and 7 were reforms to increase the democratic ideals of equal rights and political participation of the American people. In document 1 it says that the criminals shouldn't be punished instead we should try to correct their crimes. This idea supports democratic ideals because it said we should separate the kids from the adult prisoners. Dorothea Dix was a spy who acted as a prisoner to see what...
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...The disenfranchisement of ex-convicts is a very important issue. African Americans make up a significant amount of those being denied their rights to vote because of a felony conviction. Although many people believe that ex-convicts should not be allowed to vote, it is an unfair policy because the system by which felons can reacquire their civil rights is a flawed one, the disenfranchisement policy is particularly biased against African Americans, and the act of withholding voting rights defies American democratic principles. One major way that the system by which felons can reacquire their civil rights is flawed is expressed by the Tampa Bay Times reporter Steve Bousquet, who asserts that “to regain those rights, a felon must petition the governor and Cabinet for...
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...passing of some sweeping civil rights laws spurred African-Americans who had grown angry and frustrated over the slow rate of their social and economic progress. They were now finally prepared to realize their potential force in order to exercise a decisive measure of political control over their own lives. Consequently, several African-American mayors of major cities, especially in the industrial North, were elected opening the floodgates of other African-American elected officials throughout the nation, including city council-members, aldermen, school board members, governors and presidents. After winning the primary and the general election with 95 percent of the African-American vote (At the same time, Carl Stokes was elected mayor of Cleveland, Ohio), Richard G. Hatcher became the first African-American mayor of Gary, Indiana, and the first in the state of Indiana. He was elected in November 1967 and inaugurated in January 1968. Hatcher served an unprecedented five terms and as one of the beneficiaries of the Civil Rights Movement, he set the tone and was used as the standard by which many African-American mayors, that came after him, throughout the nation, were evaluated or criticized. Hatcher broke the racial glass ceiling for a host of African-American mayors who followed him. In the light of this watershed moment, it is the purpose of this paper to analyze how Richard Gordon Hatcher became the first African-American mayor of Gary, Indiana. For this critical examination...
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...According to Milton C. Albrecht, sociologists have not given due attention to the role of art and literature in societies; rather, they have relied on the more traditional measures in examining society. Nevertheless, many people would agree that literature has had considerable influence on society and vice versa. In academia, there are three widespread theories regarding the relationship of literature and society: the "reflection," "shaping," and "social control" theories. The reflection theory suggests literature provides a fair representation of society. The shaping theory, which essentially complements the reflection theory, suggests ideas present in literature shape the behaviors of individuals. And finally, the social control theory suggests literature is used to maintain and stabilize society. Though all base their arguments on different evidence, Baldwin, Morrison, and West share the premise that literature provides an accurate reflection of society. Many experts studying the relationship have suggested that the reflection theory is the most plausible theory present. Estorick, a prominent scholar in this discipline, contends that the type of literature present in a society is ultimately reflects the type of ideology that society embraces in Literature and Democracy. Estorick discusses the evolution of muckraking literature into reform literature. Upon analyzing the social conditions of the day, Estorick draws a connection between reform literature, through which...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix F Part I Define the following terms: |Term |Definition | |White privilege |A right, advantage, or immunity granted to or enjoyed by white persons beyond the common advantage of| | |all others; an exemption in many particular cases from certain burdens or liabilities | |Racial profiling | | | |Racial profiling refers to the use of an individual’s race or ethnicity by law enforcement personnel | | |as a key factor in deciding whether to engage in enforcement (e.g. make a traffic stop or arrest). | | |The practice is controversial and is illegal in some nations. | |Racism | | | |Racism has existed throughout human history. It may be defined as the hatred of one person by another| | |-- or the belief that another person is less than human -- because of skin color, language, customs, | | |place of birth or any factor that supposedly reveals...
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...However, this is America and these problems were thrown into motion when the fifth Vice President of the United States began drawing districts to favor the Democratic-Republican party in 1812. Elbridge Gerry, aforementioned Vice President, caused both the Massachusetts House and governorship to be won by Federalists by a fair margin leading to the loss of his job. Despite this, the redistricted state senate remained firmly in Democratic-Republican hands. This seemingly corrupt version of district lines, drawn with the intention of swaying a vote to favor a specific party, became known as Gerrymandering. While it is easy to assume that Gerrymandering is a flaw in democracy, it becomes increasingly more incongruitous when observing the difficulties that accompany creating district lines that can be deemed “fair” by both...
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...Federalist party believed in a republic where the federal government had most of the power and should protect the interests of the country. Jefferson was at the head of the anti-federalists also known as the Democratic-Republican Party. The Democratic-Republican Party was backed by people such as small farmers, artisans, and planters. They wanted the federal government to have little involvement in their lives and to leave most of the power to the local and state governments (Flanders, 2007). B1. The Whig and Democratic Parties had many different platforms they used. The Whig Party did not want to expand westward and wanted to grow commercially within the current territory of the nation. The Whig party...
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...Africa has always been pictured as a peaceful place, blessed with a full greenery and differents types of wild animals, but what is hidden behind perfection is the dispute between the African governments. The mineral conflict found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has led to thousands of deaths and could lead to more human lost. According to The Enough Project Team and the Grassroots Reconciliation Group, due to the conflict mineral, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most dangerous place in the world to be a woman. As of today, the death records stipulate 5.4 million of deaths/ 45, 000 every month from which women are the most targeted. The conflict mineral in the Congo involves the biggest manufacturing trade group in the...
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...Reconstruction, the Democrat party, and what happened with the rights of the Afro-Americans. To begin with, Andrew Johnson...
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...The acts of enforcement brought federal enforcement to New York City to ensure fair elections for both African Americans and whites. “Beginning in 1870, over 25 percent of federal enforcement expenditures were directed at one municipality” which shows the federal government investment in trying to make New York City a place where different races could coexist peacefully (72). They started by enforcing policies from the reconstruction amendments which included “bureaucracy, the enforcement of the equal protections clause and the reenactments of certain provisions of the civil rights act of 1866” (75). The federal government presence within the city seemed to be a glimmer of hope for the city. Another possibility for a multiracial society came when The Convention of Colored Men of New York State met to discuss the rights and restrictions of African Americans. “The Council demanded jobs, land reform and cooperative workshops” which shows an effort from the leaders within the African American community to benefit the African Americans (68). It also shows the leaders of the community pushing for the two races to work together to...
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...voter registration in areas that previously discriminated against African Americans during elections. Immediately after this act was sign into law, significant impact could be seen, African American voter registration rates soared in most southern states. “By the end of 1965 a quarter of a million new black voters had been registered.” (ourdocuments.gov n.d.) Prior to the Voting Rights Act, less than 7% of eligible African Americans were registered to vote in Mississippi and only 20 % in Alabama. Toward the end of 1966, the percentage of registered African Americans voters was raised to 60% in Mississippi and 50% in Alabama, other southern states showed significant improvement as well. In recent years, the number of African Americans registered to vote have increased by more than 70% since the 1960’s, mainly in southern states. (Grofman 1994) Since Democrats did not welcome African Americans before 1924, African Americans tended to vote the Republican ticket. With increasing political power, the political views were starting to shift in the direction of the Democratic Party. The Presidential Election of 1968 was the first Presidential Election following the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In this election, former Vice-President Richard Nixon, a republican nominee, received 18 percent of the African American vote, re-electing a republican in office after 12 years of Democratic ruling. (Mason 2004) African Americans accounted for an average of 12% of the United States population between...
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...The Ku Klux Klan was an immensely hateful terrorist group who wanted white supremacy. There are three time periods in American history in which the Ku Klux Klan had a strong presents, however I will only be informing you about the first two times the Klan emerged. In the late 1860s and early 70s during the reconstruction era, the 1920s to the mid 1940s after WWI and into the beginning of WWII, and in the 1950s and 60s during the civil rights movement. The first Ku Klux Klan was founded in Pulaski Tennessee, in late 1865 or early 1866 by Nathan Bedford Forrest and other confederate veterans opposed to reconstruction after the civil war. The group was fueled by resentment of the newly granted political and civil rights of African Americans....
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...enter the minds of Americans so they could set their future? The first candidate, a Baptist minister by the name of Jesse Jackson provided the audience with the thought provoking statement of “We want somebody who will challenge corporate America to higher until it contracts”(Jackson). Jackson proposes that America wants someone in office who is not only going to take the side of those of the wealthy. But a president who will step up for the lower and middle class and stop those whose pockets are overflowing with the...
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