Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Red VS Blue
Red demonstrates republicans and blue is for the democrats. The first time Americans agreed on defining states with certain colors was in 2000 election. In the 2000 election, the major television networks all agreed on having the same two colors. In the election George Bush was a republican and was running against Al Gore who was a democrat. The voters for George Bush believed in a conservative agenda. They wanted to reduce the size of government, lower the taxes, and lastly to promote social values. This attracted blue-collar workers, veterans, and business people. On the other hand, the voters for Al Gore had two separate groups. First group, were the liberals, African Americans, immigrants, and union members. They wanted the government to improve the lives of people. The second group, were moderates who liked welfare reform, balanced budget, and a tough stand on a crime. It was interesting to see that 4 years later, Barack Obama gave speech where he was saying that we are all one country, we should not be so focused on red and blue. We should all be focused on our people. 13 years later, we are still split and are not one country.
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Gore was previously known to be the vice president for Bill Clinton during both of his terms. During his election run he tried to raise awareness for global warming. In 2007 he received the Nobel prize for raising awareness to global warming. The election with Al Gore and Bush was very controversial since in Florida Al Gore was claimed to be the winner by multiple media outlets. In the end Bush won but Al Gore had multiple recounts happen all which failed.
ReplyDeleteI think it is very unfortunate that the United States is so deeply politically divided, but I don't think that there is much we can do to fix this. I feel that both political parties are moving away from one another, and are no longer willing to cooperate with one another even if they both think that it would actually be beneficial, just because they're unwilling to work together.
ReplyDeleteI agree with James. In a democracy, you can't always have it your way: compromise in a necessity. Recently, we almost experienced another government shutdown because our leaders could not decide on a budget that would support their peoples' ideals. Parties today seem to be very unwilling to compromise. What I don't know is whether or not this is a new development. I would assume, however, that it must have always been like this as there was once a time when our political system was controlled by bosses who did not have to compromise in many ways.
DeleteUnlike what James stated in his comment above, I believe that there is not much that the country can do about its political situation, BUT I know that the least both parties (Democrats and Republicans) can do is to make an effort to understand each other's intentions. Learning to empathize with opposing viewpoints is the first step that we as individuals can take to alleviate the pressures of today's political circumstances.
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