Americanpoliticalparties(美国政党).ppt

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,2016/5/12,#,American Political Parties,CONTENTS,1.origin of bipartisanship,2.two main parties,3.differences between the UK,Origin,Throughout most of its history,American politics have been dominated by a two-party system.At the time it was signed in 1787,there were no parties in the nation.Indeed,no nation in the world had voter-based political parties.,The United States Constitution has never formally addressed the issue of political parties.The Founding Fathers did not originally intend for American politics to be partisan.,In 1789,there was a diverge from two main groups on the interpretation(,解释）,of constitution,.,Leader Alexander Hamilton,（汉密尔顿）,Propositions strengthening federal power,raise taxation,establish national bank,Position Treasury Secretary,（财政部长）,Leader Thomas Jefferson,（杰裴逊）,Propositions strengthening states power,against establishing national bank,and raising taxation,Position Secretary of State,（国务卿）,The two different attitudes eventually led to the establishment of two major parties.,One is Republic Party,（共和党）,another is Democratic Party,（民主党）,So what differences between,these two major parties?,The Democratic Party,-logo:donkey,The Republic Party,-logo:elephant,Political Parties:,1.The Democratic Party grew out of“Anti-Federalists”,（反联邦主义者）,that appeared after 1789.It was founded in 1828,led by a group of planters and capitalists and a considerable number of small farmers.,Thomas Jefferson,was the leader.,2.The Democratic Party is the oldest and largest party in the United States.At present,United States is ruled by Democratic Party with Barack Obama as the president.,History of Democratic Party,The more liberal party,Ideal,-Government should do more for all classes of Americans,-They favor a strong social security system.,-Support welfare programs for the people,-Favor strong gun control,Supporters,-Poorer and less-privileged Americans,The Democratic Party,representatives:,Andrew Jackson,John F Kennedy,Barack Obama,Interesting Facts:,The symbol of the donkey for the Democratic Party is said to have stemmed from Andrew Jackson.His opposition called him a jackass.Instead of taking it as an insult,he chose to adopt this as a symbol.This,in turn,became the symbol of the Democratic Party.,The Democratic hold the record for controlling both houses of Congress for the most consecutive Congresses.They controlled both houses of Congress from 1955 to 1981.,1.,The Republic Party was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists and modernizers.After its establishment,the Republic Party gained its political power for the first time in 1860,when Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election.,2.At presentRepublic Party is the second largest party in the US.Todays Republic Party doesnt favor federal involvement in nations economy.,History of Republic Party,The Republic Party:,The second largest party,More conservative,Ideology,-A small government and free market,-Letting business compete with little or no,government regulation in the marketplace,-Advocates strong national defense,Representatives:,Theodore Roosevelt,Abraham Lincoln,Herbert Hoover,Parties,：,parties,The Republic,The,Democratic,Symbols,Elephant,Donkey,Ideas,Conservative,Liberal,Economic,Free market,Governmental,intervention,Social issues,Oppose,governmental,social security programs,Support,a strong social security,systems,Political,support,Business,groups,Poorer and less,privileged people,The election:,In,2016,theres an election between two parties for American president.Barack Obama will be leaving office by next year.The Democratic Party and The Republic Party both have the candidates.All of candidates have the campaigns which run for office with costly money.There are two major candidates.The Democratic Party candidate is Hillary Clinton.The Republic Party candidate is Donald Trump.,The Republic candidate,Rich businessman,Never involved in politics,Financed by himself,More radical,（激进）,about economic,The Democratic candidate,The present Secretary of State,（国务卿）,Involved in politics for 20 years,Financed by her campaign,More conservative about economic,The differences between the UK:,1.In,the USA,the Republicans are the Right of Centre party and the Democrats are the Left of Centre party.In the UK,the Conservatives are the Right of Centre party and Labor is the Left of Centre party.,2.In the USA,there is no centre party in this sense of one positioned politically between the Republicans and the Democrats.In Britain,there is a Liberal Democrat party which ideologically sees itself as between Conservative and Labor.,2.In American politics,the two main political parties are loose coalitions with individual candidates or Congressmen adopting varying positions on many issues.In Britain politics,all political parties have much tighter rein on the politics promoted by candidates and the voting by elected representatives.,Thank you,