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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..

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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.

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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.

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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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Obamas hand note to keep Campaign promise
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