POLS 1602 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Cognitive Dissonance, Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, Alexis De Tocqueville
1 Dec 2018
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Alexis de tocqueville on parties of principle. There are many men of principle in both parties in america, but there is no party. Party platforms (documents where you lay out what the party stands for) Candidate recruiting (make sure we have good candidates) Obamacare (no dems voted against, no repub for) In the 1950s, only 15% identified as independents. Party considered more important than economics, foreign policy, personality. (cognitive dissonance) -only look at things from your vision, you see what you need to see to support your side, do not want to see it if it does not support your belief. Winner-take all electoral college system (48 states) Party id diminished a bit after wwii. Bill clinton won in 1992 because of the economy (not because he is a democrat) Many registered democrats voted for bush in 2004 because of fears of terrorism.
