英美报刊选读The rich get richer and elected.ppt

The Rich Get Richer and Elected What are the two parties in the USA? the Republican Party (the Republicans) the Democratic Party (the Democrats) Bipartisanship Two major political parties? the Republican and the Democratic Parties What’ are the symbols for the two parties? elephant and a donkey The two parties / both have ruled the nation alternatively for different lengths of time What’s the name of the system? bipartisanship or two-party system The organization of both parties is the same. Each consists of committees of three levels: national, state, and district or city Bipartisanship Both of the parties have voluntary membership. There is no admittance procedure nor any party dues. All the party expenditure are covered by donations from their party members. A person can either be a Democrat, a Republican, or an independent with no party affiliation. It is not rare that a Democrat votes for a Republican candidate or vice versa. Any person had the liberty to decide which party he would like to be in and he can also change his membership at any time. As there is no registration of party membership except at the time of voting, it is hard to say how many members each party has. The supporters of the two parties? The Republican Party : strong support from big industrial capitalists and well-to-do middle and upper middle class people, including some most famous learned people and very wealthy farmers. The Democratic Party: has had much support from minor ethnic groups, workers, and poor farmers Bipartisanship The different political tendency toward of the two parties? Today’s Republican Party does not favor federal involvement in the nation’s economy. It elects to have a less powerful central government, giving more right to the states. The Democratic Party veered toward greater federal involvement in the nation’s economic issues. It insists on a more powerful central government and less state’s rights. The different views often lead to factional stri