What are the types of voters attracted by the Democratic Party and the Democratic Party in the United States?

Due to the development path of American history, the two largest political parties in the United States have quite contradictory political tendencies in terms of economy and policy. On the one hand, *** and the Party oppose government regulation in economic policies and pursue traditional liberalism. On the other hand, in social policies, they are often ridiculously conservative. They wish the government would establish various laws to regulate human beings in accordance with the will of God. to act; the Democratic Party is relatively more supportive of government participation and regulation in economic policy. Especially in recent years, under the leadership of Ao Guanhai, it has become more theoretically like a socialist country. On the other hand, it is more supportive of social policy. Open and believe that the government should not dictate individual behavior.

This tangled combination has to be said to be a series of historical coincidences. After the Civil War, the South had always been dominated by the Democratic Party at that time - because the Democratic Party was opposed to the abolition of slavery, but the Communist Party and the Communist Party had no luck in talking and eventually adopted the "abolition" banner. So at that time, it was *** and the Party that were more progressive. For a long time after the Civil War, the Northeast was dominated by the Communist Party and the Party, while the South was dominated by the Democratic Party. It can be said that the distribution of voters is exactly the opposite of today's. The dramatic turn began with Roosevelt's New Deal. Due to the Great Depression that began in 1929, the U.S. economy fell into an unprecedented downturn. Roosevelt's New Deal rescued the dilemma, but it also broke a series of traditions from economics to politics. The government began to interfere in the operation of the economy. In the past, it emphasized efficiency and now begins to emphasize welfare. Since the New Deal involves a series of legislative and administrative issues, the power of the executive branch overrides the judiciary and legislation... Before the New Deal, Policy changes can be said to be pro-business, and since the New Deal, businessmen have found that the world has changed... From this time on, people in American society who firmly believe in small government, support long-term economic growth, low taxes, and business began to say He calls himself a "conservative". The New Deal also helped large numbers of unemployed people and minority groups at the time—including blacks and women. Therefore, black people in the South who originally supported the Democratic Party because of their abolitionist tradition began to support the Democratic Party.

Roosevelt was re-elected as President of the United States for four terms, during which the American Civil Rights Movement gradually began. An important achievement of the civil rights movement in the 1960s was the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This bill protects disadvantaged groups - including black people, women, and people of different religious beliefs - from being discriminated against in work and life. Unfortunately, the Democratic president is still in office at this time. Although the Republicans supported the bill more than the Democrats when members of Congress voted, because southern conservative whites disliked the bill, they fell to the Republicans in subsequent elections. Due to the anti-war sentiment brought about by the civil rights movement and later the Vietnam War, American teenagers in the 1970s became more unrestrained in their behavior, challenging the conservative religious traditions of the past. In these social transitions, the mainstream of the Democratic Party, whether intentionally or unintentionally, has stood on the side of breaking tradition. These positional issues not only caused divisions within the Democratic Party (conservatives within the Democratic Party disliked these "New Deals", and many turned to the Communist Party and the party that respected tradition), they also caused dramatic changes among voters. As a result, today we have the impression that the Democratic Party is mainly supported by conservative states in the south, and the Democratic Party is supported by the northeast.

After understanding the above historical events, we will have a better understanding of the current political tendencies of the two parties.

In terms of economic policy, the Democratic Party is more supportive of government intervention and assistance to disadvantaged groups, which is reflected in imposing high tax rates on high-income groups, providing more social security (such as Obamacare), and paying attention to educational equality (such as Ao Guanhai) education reform) and so on - in short, it is to take the route of robbing the rich and giving to the poor. Therefore, the Clinton era actually solved the federal government's consistent deficit problem. In addition to his personal ability and his character of not causing trouble, a large part was also due to the consistent tendency of the Democratic Party in taxation.

Speaking of social security, the United States has never had a nationally mandated social security policy. Many poor people cannot afford insurance. However, the main social security policy implemented by Ao Guanhai after taking office has adopted a mandatory requirement to purchase medical insurance (if you do not buy it, you will be fined), and those who cannot afford it will It will receive funding from the state government (actually requiring the state government to provide "affordable" health insurance solutions) and strengthen supervision of private insurance companies. Of course, many state governments are not happy with this "full-scale deficit" situation. Why should the federal government reach out to state governments? As a result, more than 20 states jointly filed a lawsuit against Obamacare as unconstitutional (see: National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius). In the end, the Supreme Court ruled 5:4 that Obamacare was not unconstitutional, and its "fines for not buying insurance" were interpreted by the justices who supported the reform as taxes.

In terms of educational equality, there were originally Affirmative Actions in the 1960s, including (but not limited to) taking care of ethnic minorities (usually blacks and Hispanics, but not Asians) in college admissions. ), a certain proportion must be admitted, etc. From a historical perspective, this is a kind of compensation for the discrimination and unfair treatment that ethnic minorities have suffered in history. However, in recent years, some people have questioned this, believing that this law does not support efforts to achieve academic performance standards because it is not It's unfair that (certain) minorities are not admitted. It can be seen that whether it is fair or not is indeed a matter of opinion.

The Democratic Party’s social policy tendencies are more tolerant and liberal. According to political coordinates, although the Democratic Party is left-leaning on economic policies, its social policies are generally right-leaning. This mainly focuses on the following aspects:

1. Oppose discrimination and emphasize equal opportunities. For example, the Affirmative Action mentioned above also includes not rejecting applicants because of their ethnicity during job recruitment. There are many detailed rules to ensure this, such as requiring a certain proportion of ethnic minorities in the company, and recruitment terms must be job-related (for example, you cannot say "no black people", or stipulate "no female workers" for no reason) ). Another example is to protect the voting rights of ethnic minorities and new immigrants. The Democratic Party promotes a multi-lingual voting plan, while some members of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Party attempt to restore the literacy test to hinder the turnout of ethnic minorities and new immigrants.

2. Not against abortion (Pro-choice). It is no longer news that conservatives and conservatives are calling for legislation to ban abortion for various reasons such as religion. The Democratic Party’s consistent view on this is that abortion is a woman’s right to make her own choice. In fact, although every election is fought over this matter, currently no state in the United States seems to have completely banned abortion. There are only some regulations on "how old the fetus can be." Although it may seem a little disapproving to the Chinese, when it comes to the discussion of abortion rights, the United States is indeed very serious about whether fetuses have human rights from a biological and sociological perspective. Of course, there are also many conservatives who firmly stand on the side of pro-life from the theological perspective of "abortion is not allowed because God does not support it"... The laws of each state are different. The most bizarre recent law and the most stringent law in the United States is that Texas makes abortion illegal after 20 weeks and plans to close 37 of the 42 abortion clinics in the state.

3. LGBT equality. Simply summed up in one sentence, it is the legalization of gay marriage. Of course the LGBT community is not just about homosexuality. LGBT - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender. In the general election and daily wrangling, it is mainly limited to the legalization of gay marriage. The consistent position of the Democratic Party is to support the equal rights of the LGBT community. Of course, individuals may also oppose it (although they support/are the Democratic Party, they oppose gay marriage).

4. Embryonic stem cell research. This is almost the same issue as abortion. Opponents believe that embryos are already human beings, while supporters believe that this is just scientific research.

The Democratic Party theoretically supports the study, but it is a matter of personal opinion.

5. Gun control. Democrats generally support gun control, but different people have mixed reactions to how far to go. Especially in the past two years, there have been many school shootings, and the debate on this issue has become increasingly fierce. The general left believes that conservatives oppose gun control because "no matter what happens, they are unwilling to give up their few broken guns." The Conservative Party's consistent rhetoric is, "People, not guns, kill people." Ao Guanhai tried to pass 9 gun control bills in 2013, but in the end, with the efforts of Congress, none of them were passed...

Then let's talk about *** and the party.

*** and the Party support small government in terms of economic policy and oppose government intervention in the economy. A president like Obama who wants to meddle in everything when he is looking for trouble is the most unpopular. In terms of tax policy, the *** and the party support tax cuts, and also oppose the imposition of excessive tax rates on high-income groups. The Communist Party and the Party generally believe that robbing the rich and giving to the poor is a bandit idea, which is why Romney’s recorded comments about 47 in 2012 were made. The original meaning is roughly as follows: "There are 47% of people in this country who will vote for the president (Obama) for no reason. They are dependent on the government, feel that they are victims, believe that the government has the responsibility to take care of them, and feel that they have the right to get medical insurance." , get food, get houses, you name it. They feel like it's their entitlement. (So) they're going to vote for the president no matter what. Support... These people don't pay income taxes. 47% of Americans don't pay income taxes, so our low tax policy has no impact on them, so he (Obama) will talk about tax cuts for the rich... It is not my job to care for these people and I will never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and look after their own lives.” Although Romney later retracted these remarks due to the uproar that ensued, these remarks that were inadvertently recorded also represented the views of the Communist Party and the party on the welfare system to a certain extent.

*** and the Party are relatively conservative in social policies and relatively left-leaning in terms of political coordinates. Especially after the 1960s, when southern rednecks enthusiastically voted for the Communist Party, the IQs of many congressmen also became extremely low, which made people look very worried. For example, Republican Senator Akin of Missouri once made an astonishing claim that he learned from doctors that rape leading to pregnancy is extremely rare (really rare), and further said, "If it is legally recognized rape (legitimate rape), women The body will prevent pregnancy on its own." Mourdock, a Republican senator from Indiana and a tea party supporter, claimed that if rape resulted in pregnancy, it must be "something that God intended to happen."

To summarize according to the above points about the Democratic Party:

1. I believe that over-concern for disadvantaged groups is unfair to hard-working people. Although it is not ruled out that some people really think this way, there are still a considerable number of people who are unhappy with ethnic minorities, but they come up with high-sounding reasons because they cannot clearly explain the issue of political correctness. Most of these people are southern red necks.

2. Pro-life. There are many reasons, but ultimately the reasons are conservative and religious reasons.

3. Oppose gay marriage. There are many reasons, but ultimately the reasons are conservative and religious.

4. Embryonic stem cell research. There are many reasons, but ultimately the reasons are conservative and religious reasons.

5. Oppose gun control. This time it's not because of religious reasons... If we want to talk about the issue of the American people's right to bear arms in detail, I can probably write a long article... Although the Democrats complained that the Republicans opposed gun control because "no matter what No matter what happens, they are not willing to give up their few broken guns." However, when it comes to gun control, the Communist Party and the Party are not completely unreasonable.

For example, the Communist Party and the Communist Party believe that those who are determined to do bad things can get a gun no matter what (especially in the American environment), and they are not worried about illegal gun possession (such as carrying a gun to school). So if it's easier for good people to legally own guns, it could at least prevent things from getting worse. In other words, the gun control bill only protects against gentlemen and not villains.

To sum up, due to its policy tendencies, the Democratic Party is more attractive to ethnic minorities (a large part of South Americans support the Communist Party and the Party due to their Catholic faith and historical issues), hanging silk, disadvantaged groups, and artists. , and intellectuals. In recent years, the Communist Party of China and the Party have attracted more votes from big capitalists and rednecks. As for the high-income group, since most of them are intellectuals, it’s hard to say who they support.