US Area study

Indholdsfortegnelse
Politics:

CONGRESS
- The legislative branch

PRESIDENT
- The executive branch

THE SUPREME COURT
- The judiciary Branch

- Visualize the race for presidency! Make a drawing which can be used to describe the race for presidency, and make an explanation to the different parts of the drawing; Preliminaries/Primaries, convention, electoral college, transition, inauguration day, etc.

- Explain how republicans and democrats are different. Mention at least 7 typical points of view for a republican, and at least 7 typical points of view for a democrat.

- Midterm elections! Please explain. No less than 150 words

Find 5 states that are republican, and find 5 states that are democratic. State your reasons why the states you have mentioned are republican/democratic states (This task is very difficult, but try anyway!!)

- Make a presentation on the two 2020 presidential candidates! (200 words each)

- How much power does the President have? (150 words)

- What was the result of the 2016 Presidential election, the 2018 midterm elections, and the 2020 Presidential election? (250 words)

- Go to: https://www.hofstede-insights.com/product/compare-countries/ and find facts on US culture. Explain what Hofstede´s cultural dimensions are all about. Compare the US to at least three other countries, analyse your findings and comment on them (350 words)

- Which political issues are being debated in the USA right now? Find at least 3 political issues, and find newspaper articles which are dealing with these issues, and make a short summary of the articles (100 words each).

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Uddrag
he race for presidency starts nearly a year before the presidential inauguration. On a Tuesday in March or February starts the first event ahead of the election, Super Tuesday.

On Super Tuesday, half of the delegates will be elected, which determines which candidates are nominated from The Republicans and the Democrats.

In November, the electorate is to be voted on. They must then vote for the person they think should be president in December where they meet in the Electoral College. In January the chosen president will then be presented .

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The republicans and democrats are different in many ways, the democrats' philosophy is extremely liberal whereas the republicans are more conservative.

The electoral system in the U.S is a two-party system, which means that the two parties dominate the political field in the three levels of the government.

If a comparison has to be made between the two parties, both parties have different opinions. The difference between the two parties in relation to the economic ideas, the Democrats have the attitude that progressive taxation must be made, which we see today in Denmark, which means that those who have a high income must pay more in taxes.

Republicans, on the other hand, believe that taxes should not be increased for anyone, even those with a high income, they should pay the same as those who are low paid.

Based on social and human ideas, the Democrats have the view that it should be based on community and social responsibility.

Republicans believe it should be based on individual rights as well as justice. In relation to spending on the US budget, the Democrats believe that there should be a reduction in spending, where the Republicans believe the opposite.

when the two parties discuss the death penalty policy, it is very reminiscent of each other, the Democrats support around the death penalty while resistance to the death penalty is an essential part of their base.

Republicans have the same stance, the only difference is that a larger majority supports the death in the Republican Party. The two parties' stance on gay marriage is quite the opposite of the Democrats backing up around it where the Republicans' stance for it should be allowed in the US.

The same applies when talking about abortion. The two parties' attitudes to immigration are partly also different, there is greater support in the democratic party to offer a way to citizenship to a few undocumented immigrants

it can be people who have lived in the US for a minimum of 5 years with a clean criminal record, the republicans are generally very much against amnesty for all the paper loose immigrants, they are also very dissatisfied with president Obamas so-called decree, which did put a moratorium on expelling certain workers .