Interest Aggregation in the Current U.S. Republican Party
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Interest Aggregation in the Current U.S. Republican
PartyBy: Jeanne Almeida, Richard Lynch, Craig Castiglia, and Courtney Hogan
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Review of Concepts
• Interest Aggregationo The process by which political demands are
combined into policy programs• Political Parties
o groups or organizations that seek to place candidates in office that represent the community's interests
• Party Systemo The number of parties and the relationships
between each party
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Division of Political Parties within the United States
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The Tea Party: From Articulation to Aggregation
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Divisions within the Republican PartySocial Conservatives • Pro-life• Opposed to same-sex
marriage
Strong gun rights
Capital Punishment• Generally support
stricter punishment and enforcement
Economic Conservatives• Favor free market
o Laissez-faire system
• Personal responsibility over the welfare system
• Reduction in taxes as much as possible
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Social and Economic Issues of Debate
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Social SecurityDue to Americans' concerns with the sustainability of Social Security, most Republicans are endorsing the issue of social security reform and a plan to partially "privatize" it.
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Balancing the Budget -The candidates are overall divided on the best way to balance the budget- Tax Cuts- Cut wasteful spending- "Business Oriented"-Bachmann suggested a "balanced budget" amendment to the constitution• This has been ruled out as unrealistic
because it could not pass the Senate or survive a Presidential veto
-Republicans in the House and the Budget
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National Security: Immigration & Securing Borders
• Source of population growth and cultural change
• US-Mexico border = most frequently crossed international border
• Republican Party is in support of:– Tightening the Border– Setting up a fence across
the entire border– Preventing illegal
immigrants from receiving amenities and citizenship
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National Security: War in Afghanistan and Iraq
The War on Terror continues to be an important issue and is playing a large role in the 2012 election
The majority of candidates support continued fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq until the region is stable
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Healthcare All candidates want Democratic Health Care Reform Bill repealed Replace with "patient -centered" and free market approach to health care
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Republican Candidates
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Michele Bachmann• leader of the Tea Party Caucus
and US Representative from Minnesota
• Supports privatizing Social Security, repealing Obamacare, and introducing the Ryan Plan
• 4-Point Immigration Platform
• Supports continuing in the Middle East
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Mitt Romney • Governor of Massachusetts
• Opponent of Obamacare, supports market-based reforms, and state-funded healthcare
• Government-run Security program is essential
• Increased legal immigration, decreased illegal immigration and amenities
• Supports maintaining troops in the Middle East
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Rick Santorum• Viewpoint on Social
Securityo supports voluntary privatization of
Social Securityo wants to raise retirement age
• Viewpoint on National
Securityo strongly opposes the withdrawal of
troops from Afghanistan and Iraqo against granting rights to
immigrants, supports establishing a fence on the Mexican-American border
• Viewpoint on Healthcareo strongly disapproves of
Obamacare, 1st executive order = repeal
o doesn't approve of prescription medicine coverage with Medicare
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Rick Perry Governor of Texas • Reform Social Security
• National Security
o Immigrationo Afghanistan
• Viewpoint on Healthcareo Wipe out ObamaCare
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Herman Cain • Born December 13, 1945 in Atlanta,
GA• CEO of Godfather's Pizza• Vice President of Pillsbury• Host of the Herman Cain Talk Show• Only candidate who isn't a politician • On Social Security:
o Believes that instead of "reshuffling" Social Security, "restructuring" it is necessary
• On National Security:o Wants to secure border with fenceo Believes War on Terror involves
fighting in Iraq• On Healthcare:
o Wants to repeal and replace ObamaCare with free market approach
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Newt Gingrich• Viewpoint on Social
Security• believes that the system has been broken
for decades and thinks that instead of "reshuffling", "restructuring" is necessary
• Viewpoint on National Security o supports putting up a fence,
securing the borders and enforcing the laws
o wants to continue fighting in Afghanistan and believes that part of the War on Terror involves fighting in Iraq
• Viewpoint on Healthcareo ObamaCare is health care
"deformed": repeal & replace. o Medicaid/Medicare fraud: stop
paying the crooks
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Ron Paul
• Doctor and Author, as well as US Congressman for 14th Congressional District of Texas
• Six-point plan to stop illegal immigration
• Foreign policy of non-intervention, neutrality, and independence
• Against Obamacare and for affordable insurance
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Question 1Of the issues discussed in the presentation, which interest do you think will affect the results of the election the most and why?
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Question 2Why do you think the Tea Party has become one of the biggest groups that the Republican Party aggregates interest from?
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Question 3How has interest aggregation shaped American political culture?
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HIGHLIGHTS OF DEBATE
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2011/09/13/tea-party-debate-zingers.cnn?iref=videosearch
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Works Cited
Sources:www.cnn.com/POLITICShttp://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/jun/17/herman-cain/herman-cain-touts-alternative-social-security-used/ http://www.hermancain.com/the-issues/national-security http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/06/08/239145/herman-cain-great-wall-plan/ http://www.ontheissues.org/2012/Herman_Cain_War_+_Peace.htm http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20002529-503544.html http://www.teapartypatriots.org/ http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/15/new-cnn-poll-gop-divided-over-tea-party-movement/ http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9235-background-us-has-deployed-more-than-2000000-troops-to-iraq-and-afghanistan-since-911.html http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/opinion-zone/2011/03/obamacare-s-first-birthday-commemorates-twenty-one-new-or-higher-taxeshttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB124173977440798743.html
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• http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/jun/17/herman-cain/herman-cain-touts-alternative-social-security-used/
• http://www.hermancain.com/the-issues/national-security
• http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/06/08/239145/herman-cain-great-wall-plan/
• http://www.ontheissues.org/2012/Herman_Cain_War_+_Peace.htm
• http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20002529-503544.html
• http://www.teapartypatriots.org/
• http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/15/new-cnn-poll-gop-divided-over-tea-party-movement/
• http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9235-background-us-has-deployed-more-than-2000000-troops-to-iraq-and-afghanistan-since-911.html
• http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/opinion-zone/2011/03/obamacare-s-first-birthday-commemorates-twenty-one-new-or-higher-taxes
• http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124173977440798743.html
• http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/04/tea-party-wins-57-of-americans-ok-with-government-shutdown-if-it-leads-to-cuts/
• http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gvqPw5BRpeiucFg-DZSPPQa8fXgQ?docId=d7f411fe41d34318af75ef4f9632b370