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    The Political Spectrum

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    Government The political spectrum is a system to categorize the Political Parties and Political Ideologies. The oldest of the spectra used today includes a right wing and a left wing. This originated from the seating arrangements of the French Parliament after the Revolution (1789-99). According to the left-right political spectrum, Pure Communism and Socialism being on the left, and Anarchy being on the far left end of the spectrum. On the opposite of side of the axis, Capitalism and Fascism on

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    The political spectrum is based off of a number line called a continuum that has five categories in which people may identify themselves as. The two most contributing factors to identifying where you stand is the amount of change that you are willing to experience within society and how much government involvement you would like to take place. On the far left are the Radicals. If someone labels themself as a radical due to being on the farthest left hand side of the political spectrum they would

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    The political spectrum reveals more than what meets the eye. In the United States, a politician is typically either left or right; there is often no middle ground. Because of this, she or he is either liberal (Democratic) or conservative (Republican). So where does that leave those who share values and policies as those on each side? A politician’s position on the political spectrum is determined by his or her beliefs and policies on several issues, including the government’s involvement in both

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    My Political Spectrum

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    Finding myself on the political spectrum was rather easy. I would classify myself a centrist or moderate. My views do not completely align with either major ideology and on major issues I'm split between the liberal and conservative sides. One thing that both liberal and conservative ideologies believe in is Democracy. I believe that we must protect democracy at all costs. The rights that democracy affords us a citizens of the United States are unique and require the upmost respect. I hold the liberal

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    The American Political Spectrum is a system used to classify the different political and social viewpoints of the American People. The system is places one on a horizontal spectrum depending on their beliefs; if one is a liberal they go on the left area of the line and if one is a conservative they go on the right area of the line- the greater they are of those two categories the farther down they go on the line. The terms “liberal” and “conservative” are derived from the ideologies of Liberalism

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    Political Spectrum Analysis I am a moderate conservative. I believe abortion is wrong and people should not be allowed to murder an innocent life. I also believe in marriage equality. It should be allowed, but not encouraged and celebrated. I feel gun ownership is one’s right, but it should be monitored and require a license. I find myself aligning with a conservative viewpoint while agreeing with some liberal ideas. I agree with virtually all of the conservative ideas except that marriage

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    people have different beliefs. Everyone falls on a political spectrum ranging from left to right. Left being the democrats and right being republicans. Most commonly people fall in the middle of this spectrum. There are a few outliers in this spectrum of course. I was always confused on the whole spectrum of things and how it worked. I didn’t know where on the spectrum I was at. Mr. Jordan showed me where I was on it and describe what both political parties are all about. I also learned that your morals

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    Outside of the political spectrum, there is another group of organizations that have perhaps and even stronger grasp on the media than media regulators themselves. The incredibly complex and well organized drug cartels that base themselves mostly in northern Mexico and along the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico are in many ways the most influential organizations in the nation’s media. As mentioned earlier, Mexican citizens were granted freedom of the press in the 1857 Federal Constitution giving them

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    circumstances within South Africa in the past and in today 's context, especially how the English language had arrived and completely shaped South Africa as a whole. Furthermore, following the historical impact, this essay will go deeper into the political spectrum of South Africa, and discuss how the country shifted from the Apartheid era to its contemporary state. Lastly, I will discuss how the educational system has impacted the growing new generation to get a clearer understanding of how the country

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    support of the entire political spectrum. The Tragic Vision, on the other hand, has the ability to coexist with the entire political spectrum. This is due to the fact that Tragic Vision has flexibility and it allows for learning well as growth in human nature. Despite the fact that humans for the most part are selfish we have an ability to learn from our mistakes and grow from them and in this way the Tragic View encompasses the ideologies of both sides of the political spectrum. People from

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