The Peace Party vs. the Power Party
The Weekly Standard
by Matthew Continetti
01/01/07
The great divisions in American life -- between low- and upper-income voters; those who attend religious services weekly and those who do not; people who are married and people who are single; voters with a postgraduate education and those without -- are often less predictive of voting patterns than one's stance on the use of American power abroad. The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press concluded in 2005 that 'foreign affairs assertiveness now almost completely distinguishes Republican-oriented voters from Democratic-oriented voters.' Together, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the March 20, 2003, invasion of Iraq seem to have accelerated a shift begun some 30 years ago: The Democratic party is increasingly linked with the attitudes, tendencies, and policies of peace, whereas the Republican party is increasingly linked with the maintenance and projection of American military power...
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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Matthew Continetti
01/01/07
The great divisions in American life -- between low- and upper-income voters; those who attend religious services weekly and those who do not; people who are married and people who are single; voters with a postgraduate education and those without -- are often less predictive of voting patterns than one's stance on the use of American power abroad. The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press concluded in 2005 that 'foreign affairs assertiveness now almost completely distinguishes Republican-oriented voters from Democratic-oriented voters.' Together, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the March 20, 2003, invasion of Iraq seem to have accelerated a shift begun some 30 years ago: The Democratic party is increasingly linked with the attitudes, tendencies, and policies of peace, whereas the Republican party is increasingly linked with the maintenance and projection of American military power...
http://tinyurl.com/ymw58x
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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