Political Parties Research

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Go to this site to find four issues that were on the Republican Platform in 2008. State the issue and the Republican stance on each issue:

http://www.gop.com/2008platform/

 

 

 

 

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Go to this site to find four issues for the Democratic Party. State the issue and the Democratic stance on each issue:

http://www.democrats.org/a/party/platform.html

 

 

 

 

 

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Go to this site and take the “World’s Smallest Political Party.

http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html

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According to this quiz, what should be your political affiliation?  Do you agree with this assessment?  Why or why not?

 

 

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Go to www.google.com and type in “origin of the Democratic Donkey and the Republican Elephant.”  Read the summaries on one of the pages, and write down the answers here:

 

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Origin of the elephant:

 

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Origin of the donkey: