Political Spectrum

What is a Political Spectrum?

• Measures how a person views an issue compared to another person.. it is a range of political beliefs

• Measures how strong a political party is at the moment

• Predicts which candidate has the best chance to win an election

• Measures a person's attitude about their education

which of the following would be a "radical" belief on the Political Spectrum

• There needs to be immediate changes made to society

• There should be no changes made

• Bring back society to the way it was before

• I'm in the middle and not sure which side to take

Which of the following would be a conservative view on the political spectrum?

• There should be less government involvement in society and less change

• There should be more government involvement in society and more change

• There should be immediate and significant change

• In the middle, no clear decision

Which of the following would be a moderate view on the political spectrum.

• There should be no government involvement at all in society

• There should be a lot of government involvement on both side

• can understand all the viewpoints, but I'm in the middle

• There should be significant changes made immediately

Which of the following would be a liberal view on the political spectrum?

• There should be no government at all

• There should be government involvement and some change made to society

• There should be immediate and massive change made to society

• There should be no government at all

Which of the following would be a reactionary view on the political spectrum?

• There should be as little government involvement as possible and a more traditional society like in the past

• There should be a lot of government involvement in every part of society

• There should be some government involvement but not too much

• There should be immediate change to society

An organization that seeks to control government by winning elections and holding public office

• Interest Group

• Political Action Committee

• Senate

• Political Party

Blue represents which political party?

• Republican

• Democrat

Red represents which political party?

• Democrat

• Republican (Grand Old Party)