POLITICAL PARTIES

• What is a Democratic: Since the New Deal, Democrats have emphasized the role of the federal government in promoting social, economic, and political opportunities for all citizens. They generally support a tax system that places a greater burden on the rich and large corporations, and they prefer spending on social programs to spending on defense. Today most African Americans, along with Jews, liberals, and labor unions, support the party, which since the 1930s has been strong in major cities..

Republican?

• One of the two major political parties in the United States. The party began in 1854; Abraham Lincoln, elected in 1860, was the first Republican president. After Reconstruction, the Republicans favored a high protective tariff and were generally considered the defenders of northeastern and business interests. protective tariff - a tariff imposed to protect domestic firms from import competition In the 1920s, the party reestablished its reputation for supporting business. This characterization is still a reasonably accurate, if simplistic, description of basic Republican views.

Partisan

• –noun 1.an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, esp. a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance.

• –adjective 3.of, pertaining to, or characteristic of partisans; partial to a specific party, person, etc.: partisan politics.

Bipartisan

• –adjective representing, characterized by, or including members from two parties or factions: Government leaders hope to achieve a bipartisan foreign policy.

• compromise•  1.a settlement of differences by mutual

concessions; an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims, principles, etc., by reciprocal modification of demands.

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