Differences in political ideologies of conservatives-liberal

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1. Is our democracy weakened by unlimited political spending by corporations and unions? In Citizens United, the US Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment's protections of free speech applied to corporations and labor unions, and thus, laws restricting how much they could spend were unconstitutional. Why?

2. Briefly summarize at least three main differences in the political ideologies of conservatives and liberals (conservatives tend to be Republicans and liberals tend to be Democrats).

3. In the 2000 election, Al Gore received more total popular votes than did George Bush but Bush received more electoral votes than did Gore. In 2016, Hillary Clinton received more total votes than Donald Trump yet Trump received more electoral votes than did Clinton. Should the United States abandon the Electoral College and simply provide that the Presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes wins? why or why not.

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