Party Platforms and Winning Elections

Identify one issue area that you want investigate. Use the assigned resources required for this discussion to gather information about the goals and proposals, in that issue area, of three political parties the Democratic and Republican parties and a third party.

At least 200-250 words, summarize each of the three parties’ policy goals in your issue area. Compare and contrast the parties’ goals in that area. Evaluate each party’s goals from two perspectives:

• Your own political philosophy, values or ideology.
• How effective each party’s goals are likely to be in mobilizing voters to support the party’s candidates on the national level. In making your assessment from this perspective, consider what influence the factors which underlie the two-party system have on each party’s ability to use its policy proposals to generate voter support.
• assigned resources:use atleast four please
• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (2013, May 21). Constitution USA with Peter Sagal: Episode III Created Equal [Video Recording]. Available from http://www.pbs.org/tpt/constitution-usa-peter-sagal/watch/created-equal/.

  West, D., & Chafets, Z. (2012, April). Is America’s two-party system broken? New York Times Upfront,144(12), 22.

  (This brief article presents opposing viewpoints about whether the two-party system works effectively in the United States.)

  Democratic Party

  Our Party (http://www.democrats.org/about/our_party)

  (This page presents national policy goals of the Democratic Party. Click on the Issues” tab and select a specific policy area.)

  Republican Party

  Our Party (http://www.gop.com/our-party/)

  (This page presents national policy goals of the Republican Party. Scroll down on page to select a specific policy area.)

  Directory of U.S. Political Parties

  Directory of U.S. Political Parties (http://www.politics1.com/parties.htm)

  (This website presents a comprehensive list of political parties active in the U.S. It also describes each party’s history, program and personalities, and gives web links to get more information about each party’s policy goals.)

  Constitution Party

  Constitution Party National Platform(http://www.constitutionparty.com/OurPrinciples/2012Platform/tabid/127/Default.aspx)

  (This page presents national policy goals of the Constitution Party. Scroll down on page to select a specific policy area.)

  Green Party

  The Ten Key Values of the Green Party (http://www.gp.org/tenkey.shtml)

  (This page presents national policy goals of the Green Party. Scroll down on page to select a specific policy area.)

  Libertarian Party

  Issues (http://www.lp.org/issues)

  (This page presents national policy goals of the Libertarian Party. Scroll down on page to select a specific policy area.)

Justify your conclusions with facts and persuasive reasoning.