Getting Involved:
Ideologies
Participation Activity 1
:: Participation Activity 2
Participation Activity 2
Go to
http://www.politics1.com/parties.htm
. Here you will find brief descriptions of 50 plus political parties, along with links to those parties’ Web sites. Look at the sites of the Libertarian Party, the Green Party, and the Socialist Party USA—three ideological parties—and one other party of your choice.
1. How do the parties view the role of the government in regulating the economy?
2. How do the parties view the importance of environmental protection?
3. How do the parties view the importance of individual freedoms?
4. Which of these parties has the greatest appeal to you? If you wanted to join this party, what would you have to do?
5. What are ways you could help this party, if you decided you wanted to?
