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- united states - Could Democrats take back the House of Representatives . . .
In 'Dems can take the House back in 60 days' a YouTube podcaster argues that via the three upcoming special elections (1 in New York and 2 in Florida) Democrats could take the House back by winning
- ideology - Democratic Socialism vs Social Democracy - Politics Stack . . .
A social democrat, on the other hand, works within the capitalist regime for social and economic justice by interventions by the state This is more New Labour This is more New Labour For example, the way the current pandemic was controlled is by a classic social intervention - but writ large - and writ globally
- united states - Why are the 2 US political parties called Republicans . . .
The names have historical symbolic meaning: 'Democrat' was a moniker used in opposition the 'Federalist' party back in the early 19th century (emphasizing 'the people' against a strong centralized government); 'Republican' arose a bit before the Civil War to emphasize the unity of the republic against the (then) Democratic emphasis on States' Rights
- united states - Historical U. S. political party realignments . . .
Theoretical Context Duverger's law states that subject to certain conditions, a political system with single member district plurality vote candidate elections naturally tends towards having two, roughly equal, political parties
- united states - Where do the democratic and republican matched animal . . .
The democrats are commonly represented by a donkey and the republicans by an elephant and there's many articles that will explain which cartoonist created the associations in the 1870s
- united states - Is it true that Jim Crow laws were primarily promoted . . .
Yes Following the American Civil War, the Democratic party was the primary haven for America's most machiavellian racists, (some of which set also included active criminals and terrorists), who labored tirelessly to subvert, frustrate, and stymie many of the postwar reforms, in a too often successful effort to continue a de facto slavery by other means and under other names
- united states - In the US, why do libertarians tend to side with the . . .
I think it has less to do with Republican Democrat and more with conservative liberal, and even these definitions are in a high state of flux A Libertarian wants personal freedom, and believes the defining characteristic of government should be in allowing, supporting, and encouraging personal freedoms and the exercise thereof
- Does the Democratic Party officially support repealing the Second . . .
Here are examples of current high profile Democrat politicians that shed light on their positions regarding the second amendment: Beto O' Rourke answering a question from David Muir, indicates that he would prefer state-enforced, compelled buyback programs for certain types of weapons, outright saying that he intends to have people volunteer to
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