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Ambivalent Right
On issues ranging from the size of the federal government to views about business, gender and race, Ambivalent Right hold many views that are largely consistent with core conservative values. Yet they also hold more moderate stances on several social issues like abortion and same-sex marriage, and they differ from some other segments of the GOP coalition in their more internationalist view of foreign policy and less restrictive stance on immigration.
Ambivalent Right are distinct from other Republican-oriented groups in their views of Donald Trump. While large majorities of each of the other Republican-oriented groups say they feel warmly toward Trump, Ambivalent Right are much less likely to say this.
COMPASS SURVEY
About the Political Compass
The starting point of the (original) Political Compass was in 2001, when we recognised the inadequacies of the standard political measure:
It's certainly fine for discussing economics but to this day is still widely - and wrongly - used to describe social attitudes. France's National Front, for example, is popularly described as "far right", yet its economic policies have sometimes been to the left of even the French Socialist Party. The party's real extremism is in its social attitudes. That's why we added a social scale.
Nevertheless, the more nationalistic and authoritarian a party or individual is, the more 'right-wing' they're still labelled. This, of course, is absurd. Taken to its logical conclusion, it means that the further left a country sits, the more socially liberal its attitudes are. on that basis, North Korea must be a shining model of human rights and social freedoms!
Conversely, a country may be very right wing (ie libertarian) in its economics, and be authoritarian at the same time. Singapore is a perfect example.
The Index of Economic Freedom produced by the Wall Street Journal and the conservative Heritage Foundation, hails Singapore as the economically freest nation on Earth in 2021. On the social scale, however, it's a very different story. Human Rights Watch details its reasons for finding Singapore a deeply authoritarian state.
Uruguay is currently rated the world's 44 th most free economy, and a leading Latin American light in social freedoms - from gay and lesbian rights to legalisation of cannabis. Switzerland also has a high rating as a libertarian economy, while at the same time providing a wide range of social welfare programmes, in common with the Nordic states and a number of other western countries.
With the exception of its Hong Kong region, China maintains strong economic controls, though fewer than those associated with a more orthodox ruling 'Communist' party. In recent years China has shifted closer to the totally repressive social climate of North Korea, where the economy also is under the absolute control of the state. Saudi Arabia has veered futher towards a libertarian economy in recent times, but with no real relaxation of its sweeping authoritarian powers.
List ALL 3 survey results first. For PEW, I ONLY WANT THE LABEL: "Outsider Left" for example. For Compass, I need ONLY the coordinates, for example: (2.33, -3.5). For Isidewith, I want 5 PRESIDENTIAL candidates they match you with and the percentage. You may get 2020, 2024 or both. Chose whichever you prefer to talk about. IE, Yang, 73%. I NEED ALL THREE Survey results or you fail. This is used as attendance. Do it ASAP - see due date.
THEN in same submission below your results, submit the following: Explore the PEW and Compass websites for the context of the information and your results.my For example, on Compass, click on 2020 Presidential and go back to 2012 or 2016 or further to see where various candidates scored. Analyze your results in 3-5 strong paragraphs or more. Questions you might address include: Did your identification surprise you? Do you think it was accurate? Why/why not? (if you answered the questions honestly, then this is what you ARE. Look to see if the 2 (Compass/PEW) results "validate" each other. Meaning, Is your result consistent between the 2? If you have trouble figuring that out, ask. If accurate, it does not mean that you agree 100% with your group on each question, but that this results fits/describes you BETTER than any other.) What are the implications of this result on how you view yourself as a political actor (for example, when viewing 2020/16 US Pres candidates). How do you compare to Solano students? Are labels important? Useful? Divisive? Valid? Why or why not? I won't require personal information, but typically it helps explain. For example, if you are labelled DEVOUT and DIVERSE on PEW, you might tell whether you are those things. If your category is mostly old and white, then address that as well. It is up to you, but I'd like you to share specific information that shows whether you "fit" or not.
IN addition to the above 3-5 paragraphs, I also want you to pick 5 questions from the Isidewith and tell me how you answered. At the bottom of each question it asks how important the issue is to you. Pick examples of the issues that are MOST IMPORTANT. Briefly explain your position - at least a short paragraph on each.