Ideology

Research Paper # 108573

Political Science
Political Science > Election and Campaigns

Ideology

A discussion on whether political ideology is polarizing in the west north central region of the United States.

2,260 words () | 6 sources | MLA | 2007 United States

Paper Summary:

The paper defines the various forms of ideology and explains the ideology of social studies, liberalism, conservatism and moderate ideology. The paper then considers whether political ideology is polarizing a particular region of the United States. The region considered is the west north central region, through the years 1990 to 2000 and includes seven states. The paper explains the distinct characteristics of the three dominant American ideologies, liberal, moderate, and conservative and states that polarization did in fact occur throughout the years 1990 to 2000 on the West North Central region and that both the Republican and Democrat scores increased during this time period.

Outline:
What is Ideology?
Importance of Ideology in America
Research in Ideology
Methodology
Data
House Members of West North Central Region - 1990
House Members of West North Central Region - 2000
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"An example of a successful conservative president is the 40th president, Ronald Reagan. During Reagan's presidency, the American conservative movement truly achieved dominance. According to Wikipedia.com, in that election, Republicans took control of the U.S. Senate for the first time since 1954, and conservative principles dominated Reagan's economic and foreign policies, with supply side economics and strict opposition to Soviet Communism defining the Administration's philosophy."

Sample of Sources Used:

American Conservative Union. conservative.org, 2006.
Binder, Sarah. "The Disappearing Political Center: Congress and the Incredible Shrinking Middle", The Brookings Review, Fall 1996 Vol. 14, No. 4. The Brookings Institution.
Dictionary.com, 2006. Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
Madonna, Dr. G. Terry. "America's Incongruous Political Spirit; Real World Politics: We Have Seen the Enemy, and it is us", 2000. CBS News.
"Poll: Polarization in America", July 4, 2004. CBS News.