The document outlines the political stances of Democratic, Republican, and moderate parties on various issues, including immigration, gun control, social welfare, the federal budget, defense spending, environmental concerns, and trade. Each stance is paired with a prompt for discussion and reflection on personal agreement with the positions presented. It encourages participants to consider how their views align with the political spectrum based on the outlined positions.

1. Political Party Stances

2. Immigration
• Democratic Stance
– Relax restrictions
– We are a nation of immigrants
– Contributions help our nation

3. Immigration
• Moderate Stance
– Allow limited immigration as long as it is
not a burden to nation’s resources

4. Immigration
• Republican Stance
– Keep immigration laws tough
– Immigrants take jobs away from
Americans

5. What do you think?
• Take one minute to discuss with a
partner next to you the stance with
which you agree.
• Place a check in that box

6. Gun Control
• Republican Stance
– Anyone with no criminal record or
evidence of mental illness should be able
to own a gun

7. Democrat Stance
• As a class discuss the possible stance
taken by Democrats on the issue of
gun control.

8. Gun Control
• Democrat stance
– Ban hand guns and extremely restrict right
to own a gun

9. Moderate Stance
• As a class discuss the possible stance
taken by Moderates on the issue of gun
control.

10. Gun Control
• Moderate Stance
– Pass background check
– Get training
– Wait period

11. What do you think?
• Take one minute to discuss with a
partner next to you the stance with
which you most closely associate.
• Place a check in that box

12. Social Welfare
• Republican Stance
– Restrict number of social programs
– Give poor people no choice but too find
job

13. Democrat Stance
• As a class discuss the possible stance
taken by Democrats on the issue of
social welfare.

14. Social Welfare
• Democrat Stance
– Provide health care, housing, and food
money

15. Moderate Stance
• As a class discuss the possible stance
taken by Moderates on the issue of
social welfare.

16. Social Welfare
• Moderate Stance
– Invest in job training programs

17. What do you think?
• Take one minute to discuss with a
partner next to you the stance with
which you most closely associate.
• Place a check in that box

18. Federal Budget
• Moderate Stance
– Save the Social Security system
– Any extra money should go to cut taxes for
middle class and poor

19. Democrat Stance
• As a class discuss the possible stance
taken by Democrats on the issue of the
federal budget.

20. Federal Budget
• Democrat Stance
– Increase social programs and education
funding
– Increase taxes on wealthy

21. Republican Stance
• As a class discuss the possible stance
taken by Republicans on the issue of
the federal budget.

22. Federal Budget
• Republican stance
– Drastically cut taxes
– Especially for those people who make a
great deal of money

23. What do you think?
• Take one minute to discuss with a
partner next to you the stance with
which you most closely associate.
• Place a check in that box

24. Defense Spending
• Democrat stance
– Need les defense spending
– Money should go to education and social
programs

25. Defense
Spending
•Moderate stanceModerate stance
-We are strong enough to handle-We are strong enough to handle
any threat in the futureany threat in the future

26. Republican Stance
• As a class discuss the possible stance
taken by Republicans on the issue of
defense spending.

27. Defense Spending
• Republican Stance
– Need more defense spending
– It’s the only way to maintain our
military superiority
– For protection of our country

28. What do you think?
• Take one minute to discuss with a
partner next to you the stance with
which you most closely associate.
• Place a check in that box

29. Environment v. Business
• Democrat Stance
– Save the environment and compensate
businesses for loss of money.

30. Environment v. Business
• Republican Stance
– Keep businesses open and relocate
environmental areas to another location.

31. Moderate Stance
• As a class discuss the possible stance
taken by Moderates on the issue of
environment v. business.

32. Environment v. Business
• Moderate Stance
– Ensure that both the environment and
businesses are protected

33. What do you think?
• Take one minute to discuss with a
partner next to you the stance with
which you most closely associate.
• Place a check in that box

34. Trade v. Human
Rights
• Moderate Stance
– Cut back on trade with China to convince
China to improve its human-rights record

35. Democrat Stance
• As a class discuss the possible stance
taken by Democrats on the issue of
trade v. human rights.

36. Trade v. Human Rights
• Democrat Stance
– Force China to change by banning all
trade with China until it ends its human
rights abuses

37. Republican Stance
• As a class discuss the possible stance
taken by Republicans on the issue of
trade v. human rights.

38. Trade v. Human Rights
• Republican Stance
-Human rights violations are
regrettable but trade and economic
growth are more important

39. What do you think?
• Take one minute to discuss with a
partner next to you the stance with
which you most closely associate.
• Place a check in that box

40. Reflection
• Review where you placed check marks
on your chart.
• Do these results correspond with your
Political Spectrum Quiz?