By doing so, people believed that he truly felt their pain during the recession. Clinton’s success in the 1992 election was largely due to the fact that Bush was not able to turn his success in foreign affairs into a reason for people to vote for him, whereas Clinton’s campaign revolved around his economic plan, and was seen as a charismatic
Wilson’s ‘comfy and complacent’ campaign did play in role in deciding the 1970 election in favour of the Conservatives but it was only a minor one. Much more important was the combination of mistrust by the public over Labour’s ability to control the economy and most importantly; Labour’s complete failure to control the Trade Unions and the fears that this brought with it. Even a Labour minister himself, Richard Crossman admits in Source C that a ‘final warning on the trade figures’ put voters off. Whilst Source A does attack Wilson for his ‘highly personalised campaign’ and his ‘presidential’ style leadership, it goes on to suggest that there is no clear reason for why people changed their minds and voted Tory at the last minute. Despite his ‘too relaxed and assured’ campaign Wilson was not to blame but instead it was a combination of ‘unfavourable trade figures’ and Enoch Powell that swung the vote.
More than anything, the Vietnam War emphasized what was wrong on the home front, and that a superpower was not always a superpower '' tremendous might would not always prevail. From the turbulent 60s we move into the confusing 1970s '' a decade of change, healing, economic downturns, dishonesty at the highest stages of government, greater dependence on foreign steel and oil, but a more mature focus on political and social equality. Japan’s economy boomed while much of the West, heavily dependent upon
Eden eventually gave up thanks to the Americans, however to the British people of the time it seemed like the Conservative government of the time was weak and easily controlled by America. One other aspect of the Conservative Party which didn’t appeal to the electorate in the later years of their government was the outdated and slightly ghoulish appearance of the then Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home. Compared with the new fresh image of the Labour Party of the time which was focused on consolidating its power base and going back to its working class roots, the Conservatives seemed
Jackson’s strong policies disturbed many people in his own party; they nicknamed him “King Andrew”. These debatable policies resulted in the loss of many supporters, although his actions were completely constitutional. To protect America, the exports of British goods to the U.S. were reduced, which resulted in the British buying less cotton. As a result, the south was forced to buy more expensive northern goods. The south felt that the north was getting richer at their expense.
The Reagan administration were against abortion, and cut many programs to assist mothers, children, and minorities. Reagan’s administration was mainly made up by white males. Reagan hoped that Sandra Day O’connor to the Supreme Court during his time in office would help increase his popularity and likability with the female voters, but it did not say much to the women of america. During the late 1970’s and most of the 1980’s, the United States was in a deep recession. Prices were peaked at their highest, inflation was high, and many americans were out of work.
Of course this repeal was not vetoed by Democratic President William Clinton, but nonetheless Republicans- many of whom are likely in support of the Tea Party Movement in contemporary times- are in large part to blame for the economic crisis which has made necessary this excessive level of spending. Despite what can be viewed as being intellectual dishonesty in the Tea Party, some of their goals seem noble. Certainly in every bureaucracy there is a great deal of wasteful spending, and there is no doubt that America's budget is not an exception. If the Tea Party can root out wasteful spending and help create manageable (but responsible) budgets, that is absolutely a great cause and worthy of a great deal of respect and admiration. It will be interesting to see what happens in the presidential election of 2012 given the rise of the Tea Party Movement.
As more and more families continue to fall below the official poverty line (which in 2005 was an estimated $19,971) the government feels a greater sense of urgency to fix this problem. With the inflation of everything, especially gas prices, it is getting harder and harder for families like the Flintstones to keep up with the Jetsons. The last that could be decided as a social issue has to do with my second social issue which is the economy. Sine the Bush administration has taken over the white house, the economy has not been very good in america. With most of all the U.S. funds going towards a worthless war in Iraq, americans have been feeling the heat of our poor economy.
Built on the Socialist ideology of state owned and run business, the declining Soviet economy was plagued by economic inefficiencies and corruption. The country suffered from decades of being tossed on the rough seas of inconsistent and capricious political leadership. There were many economic problems caused from the communism system. All the things they knew was taken away so suddenly most didn’t know what to do with themselves. The Government and Economy had fallen with the Soviet Union.
This year during the presidential elections many topics are being debated by the candidates. One of the main heated debate topics this year is over immigration. Immigration laws have been placed in some states because of the rise in illegal immigration. This is happening because of the growing concern of the American citizen. Many Americans have very passionate feelings about their views on immigration but what many American people do not realize about immigration is that even though immigration is linked to inflation, it is not truly needed to support our expensive economy.