Winning the Right to Govern Current EventsBehavioral Focus Who Are the Democrats Republicans and Independents 2011 Taylor amp Francis Party Identification The number of people selfidentifying as Democrats has decreased over time ID: 632914
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Chapter 7POLITICAL PARTIES: Winning the Right to Govern
Current Events/Behavioral Focus: Who Are the Democrats, Republicans, and Independents?
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Party IdentificationThe number of people self-identifying as Democrats has decreased over time.However, Democrats still outnumber Republicans and Independents.
Registered Republicans and Democrats have decreased over time while individuals self-identifying as Independents have risen.© 2011 Taylor & FrancisSlide3
Party IdentificationAccording to the American National Election Studies, this was the distribution of Party Identification in America as of 2008:
Democrats: 34%Republicans: 25%Independents: 40%
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Partisanship in AmericaSlide5
Partisanship in AmericaSlide6
Party Identification by Social Group: IncomeIndividuals with an income level under $25,000 annually are more likely to
identify as Democrats (38%).Individuals making over $60,000 a year are more likely to be Republicans (39%)
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Party Identification by Group: EducationNo high school: Democrat (40%)High School Degree: Slightly Democrat
College Degree: Republican (37%)Advanced Degree: Democrat (38%)© 2011 Taylor & FrancisSlide8
Party Identification by Group: ReligionJewish: 55% D, 12% RProtestant: 32% D, 32% RCatholic: 30% D, 30% R
None (No Affiliation): Lean D 30%, Lean R 20%© 2011 Taylor & FrancisSlide9
Party Identification by Group: GenderFemale:Democrat: 38%
Republican: 28%Male:Democrat: 24%Republican: 30%
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Party Identification by Group: EthnicityBlack: 62% D, 02% RWhite: 37% D, 38% RHispanic: 42% D, 15% R
Other: 36% D, 25% R© 2011 Taylor & FrancisSlide11
Party Identification by Region of USASouth: 38% D, 31% RMidwest: 30% D, 35% RNortheast: 28% D, 22% R
West: 30% D, 28% R© 2011 Taylor & FrancisSlide12
Party Identification by Group: Age18-29 yrs: 38% D, 20% R0-41: 31% D, 35% R42-53: 27% D, 35% R
54-65: 37% D, 36% R65+: 38% D, 28% R© 2011 Taylor & FrancisSlide13
The 2008 Vote: look how it is the same and how it is differentSlide14
2008 Vote (cont.)Slide15
Ideology and PartisanshipIdeology: An organized coherent set of ideas that forms a perspective on the political world and how it works.
There is a correlation between ideology and partisanship with liberalism being associated with the Democratic Party and conservatism with the Republican Party.Furthermore, the stronger one’s ideological commitments, the stronger
one’s
partisanship.
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Ideology and Partisanship cont.Slide17
Ideology and Partisanship cont.Ideological types in the United States and partisanship
In addition to liberals, the Democratic Party receives support from populists.The Republicans are best known for their conservatives but also receive general support from libertarians.
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Ideology and Partisanship cont.