Government Project Blog: Usha

Welcome back to the blog! Political parties are groups of people who share the same political opinions based on their economic and social values. The largest known political parties are the Democratic and Republican party, but there are also third parties such as the Green Party.  Politics today have become incredibly polarized which has caused massive arguments between Democrats and Republicans concerning which is the better party. I'm going to attempt to answer which political party is better at maintaining a successful economy.  The graphs I'll be showing are taken from a website called  http://presidentialdata.org/ . This website has a ton of information on economic management from past presidents collected by Jere Glover, who has worked with the Senate and House. These graphs represent economic data comparisons between republican (red) and democratic (blue) presidents since 1985.  Now, there are a lo...

Hey again,  Today we're talking about interest groups! Interest groups are essentially groups of people that share a common interest and try to appeal to the government in order to pass legislation in their favor. There are many ways that interest groups do this, but two of the biggest ways is by giving money to politicians and by drafting bills that Congress can enact into law.  One interest group that I researched is the NARAL ( www.prochoiceamerica.org/ ).  This group participates in political action and advocacy efforts to combat restrictions on abortion.  I took this screenshot from the abortion access page that reveals their point of view and purpose.  I think that it is pretty clear to see that NARAL has a liberal perspective. It is well known that liberals gener ally support pro-choice abortion rights meaning that they believe women should have the right to get an abortion. The line, "anti-choice politicians and organizatio...

Hey! My name is Usha and I'm just a high schooler learning about the government! Recently I took a political typology quiz which told me where I stood on the political spectrum. You can take this quiz and find out where you stand as well. The quiz asked me questions that helped narrow down my values and ultimately placed me in the category of an Opportunity Democrat. The test defines this group as " financially comfortable... liberal attitudes on most issues including the environment, immigration and homosexuality... strong belief that hard work is enough for most people to get ahead and for being somewhat less likely to see structural barriers facing blacks and women... supportive of U.S. engagement abroad and involvement in global markets "  I have pretty different political beliefs compared to core conservatives, who are on the opposite side of the spectrum.  Core conservatives are more traditional Republicans, supporting smaller g...