News Flashcards

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Trump trying to attract evangelicals

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2016 trump said it would probably be the ‘’last chance’ to vote for ‘someone who would stand up for godly yprinciples’

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Foriegn policy in war on terror

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Us as the ‘crusader state called to save the world’ reynolds

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Federalism sucess

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‘Proved more effective at holding together a huge, fractious country than any comparable sized gov on teh plannet’

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Economy most signif factor in presidential election

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Bush snr not benefit from sucess in kuwait or demise soveit union
Instead clinton ‘read my lips- no new taxes’

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Bush and religion

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‘ i tryst god speaks through me’ ‘without that i couldnt do my job’- july 2004- messianic figure

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Presidents can help to imporve turnout

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Obama
Nearly 63% highest since 1960s

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Obamacare sucess

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Number of uninsured americans fell from 49-28 million 2010-26

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Republican party divisiions

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Three schools on foriegn policy
Primacists- preserve amercias leadership- eg kelly
Restrainers- isolationists- ramaswany
Prioriitisers- want more intervention china and less in europe and middle east- eg colby- former pentagon official under trump

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Preisdnet campaign- get moderates

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Biden campaign didgital add to get haley- in which trump shown repetedly insult her
Yet trump made no clear effort

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President trying to suppport minority righst

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Joe biden supporting transgender day of visibility

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Biden stance on israel

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Ironclad
Compared to kamala harris concerns

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Biden acting in fp

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Advised israel show restraint when responding to an iranian attack

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Bipartisan deal in reps

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Voted in favour of 61bn to go to us military aid to ukraine apr 2024

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Sc rules president ultra ires

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Briden- stident loan relief prgramme cancelle about 430bbn in debt

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Biden impeachment inquiry

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Investigating allegations of abuse of power
Biden family business

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Rational theory created by

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Blondel

17
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Faithless electors

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26 x
7 in 2016
Yet none in 2020 due to sc chiafalo v washington 2020 states have right to change or penalise electors do not follow sate vote

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Current alternatives ec

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Nat pop vote interstate compact agreement- 16 states and district columbia to award all ev to whichever candidate wins overall pop vote
Tgther have 38% ecv

19
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Examples of insider status uk v us

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Uk- jamie oliver 2015 impose sugar tax proposed in health comm hearig
Us- ceo nra, LaPierre- advocated greater gun edcuation infuenced obama post sandy hook leislation- 2013

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Acts of civil disobedience uk us

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Uk- thrown soup at van gogh sunflowers in national gallery london
Us- group of women strippig in an evangelical church to oppose restrictions placed on abortioon

Both aim to increase media attention

21
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Pg raise awareness certain issues uk us

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Us- killig of george floyd resulted in blm more people educated civi lrighhts
Uk- blm in uk too 2020, colston statue in bristol pushed into habour making councils review statues owned and whether approprisate today

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Bipartisanship example us

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House of reps vote in favour 61bn dollar us military aid to ukraine
311-112 in house
79-18 senate

23
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Issues impact candidates and divide party

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Rep lee far left democrat critical isral military actions in gaxa
Prvealed tuesday pennslvania primary election

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Recent protests

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Campus protests on gaza - social moveemntr
Started at columbia but now spread across country
Sit ins
Grassroots activity
Us gov stop supporting israel
Has infringed civil liberties- jewish inidviduals feel unsafe
Bernie sanders- senator- backs the protests
Students are democrats core support

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Biden on gaza protests

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Against them
Esp because efeels undemocratic protests
Obstruct students onto campus
Block other right to education
Yet bernie sanders support