Coral Glades High School

US GOVERNM 102

Ideology Option 2
Source: Gallup
A. Identify one trend in political views by major political party as illustrated in the bar graphs.
a. In the graph the trend that can be identified is the defense spending budget and
military strength
B. Describe a similarity or difference in political ideologies by major political party, as illustrated
in the bar graphs, and draw a conclusion about that similarity or difference.
a. A major difference between the Democrats and Republican Party is that the
Republican’s Spend too little on Defense Spending and they believe that the US
military is not strong enough. While the Democrats spends too much on defense
spending and believe that military strength is about right.
C. Explain how the political views on U.S. military spending and strength as shown in the bar
graphs can impact changes in public policy.