POL 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sally Yates, Wield, Executive Privilege
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Ideological donations by industry: academics, entertainment and media industry, online computer services, lawyers, Pharma all give more to liberals: real estate, banking/finance, agriculture, oil/gas/coal, building and construction, and. Elected officials respond to support by these groups by trying to bring benefits to them. It is a reflection of the times; the country has become more and more polarized. Issues such as race and economics have driven the political parties apart: at one time, both parties had the same positions on race and economics (in times such as the great depression) but eventually they split. Who do legislators consider when they make decisions: geographic constituency: everyone in their district. Ideally this is who they should be representing: reelection constituency: the people needed for general election vote, primary constituency: members of your own party. Intimate constituency: people you are actually talking to on a day-to-day basis: difficult for a political scientist to observe.
