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A* 15/15 - Which groups of voters support the Democratic Party and why?

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Which groups of voters support the Democratc artt and wht?

Point 1 - Women:
 Abortion - Women belieee that the rihht to abortion shoulli be a choice for them to makee most
women sulpport abortion
 EX: Rep. Diana DeGette (D) from Colorado - Head of the Pro-Choice Caucus in the house has complained
about state + national Republicans who have been introducing a large wave of anti-abortion laws →
Republicans introduced bill into the House requiring 48hr wait for Incest/Rape victims + compulsory
ultrasounds.
 Equlal pay Women belieee in equlal pay for ioinh the same job as men Lily Leaibeter Fair Pay Act
was passei to hiee equlal pay to women (introiulcei by Democrats + Sulpportei by Obama)
 Women teni to sulpport the iemocratic party iule to beinh more representei, which is arhulei that it
hiees them the feelinh that the iemocratic party stani for the equlal treatment ani ealulinh of females:
 EX: Obama commemoratei on international women’s iay “Empowerinh women isn’t julst the rihht thinh
to io – it’s the smart thinh to io. When women sulcceei, nations are more safe, more seculre, ani more
prosperouls.”
 EX: Sotomayor ani Kahan were two sulpreme coulrt julstices appointei by Obama.
 EX: Dulrinh his frst term, 36% of Presiient Obama's appointments went to women. That means, of the
23 cabinet positions, eihht are women.
 EX: Nancy Pelosi, minority leaier in the houlse, is eocal aboult women’s rihhts, as is Hillary Clinton.
 Flair: There are a large percentage of the female populaton that in fact a strong advocates of
conservatvism and traditonalism, and would thus be more inclined to vote with the eepublican Party.
Michelle Bauchmann being an example of a women representatve that is strongly conservatve, most
significantly being strongly pro-life, at the presidental candidate debate in new hampshire, she claimed
she was “100% pro-life.”

Point 2 - Blacke Voters:
 Since the new ieal coalition, Democrats haee slowly lei to passinh bills in faeoulr of Ethnic Minorities
iule to the fact that the party was a wiie ulmbrella
 Dulrinh the 1960s - Cieil Rihhts Moeement was occulrrinh ani realihnment was steaiily pickeinh ulp pace,
with Dems showinh sulpport for it ani Repulblicans winninh oeer the alienatei sulpporters of Soulthern
Democratic eoters
 Democratic Party + JFK before assassination was the main irieer behini - the Cieil Rihhts Act 1964 -
iealt with eotinh, pulblic accommoiations, schools, employment + allocation of feieral fulnis
 Also pulshei for Votinh Rihhts Act 1965 - which maie certain states chanhe their eotinh laws which were
seen as beinh iiscriminatory towaris blackes (Repulblican states)
 Flair: Blacke loyalty to iemocrats has been heihhtenei iule to their sympathetic approach to the
Baltimore riots etc. Boehner ulsei the riots as a political stulnt to criticise ‘50 years of liberal policies
that aren’t workeinh’

Point 3 - Poor
 the poorer echelons of society teni to be more inclinei to eote for the iemocratic party
 PULL:
 EX: 63% of eoters earninh ulnier $30,000 a year eotei for obama in the 2012 presiiential election,
comparei to 35% for Romney.
 They implement policy that helps those who are less well of:
 EX: welfare policy Obamacare proeiies welfare for those who can't afori it, eepaniinh the
proeisions of meiicare, insteai of julst beinh for those oeer 64, it was for those who coulli not afori.
 EX: Obama’s tae nehotiations, 21 million people saw no increase in taees.
 EX: In the 2014 State of the Union aiiress, Presiient Obama callei on Conhress to raise the national
minimulm wahe from $7.25 to $10.10.
 PUSH:
 the repulblicans teni to be ulnsympathetic to the neeis of the poor:
 EX: ulnanimouls opposition to obamacare, which lei to chanhes incluliinh the remoeal of a pulblic option.
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