Democracy at Work: The Differences Between Our Political Parties America is a land of very diverse people from all parts of the world. They all have wide varieties of interests, which are represented by both parties of its political system. The Democrats and Republicans represent two different standpoints; although they concentrate on the same issues both of them have different views on how the issues should be addressed. Two presidential campaigns in which the parties candidates differed on the issues are that of 1988 and 1996. Democracy only works when the people who represent the masses differ on the issues, so that to protect our freedom and the parties of our political system are the best representation of this ideology. The campaign of 1988 was the first time in two decades that neither opponent was an incumbent. This campaign was bound to be different from the 1984 campaign because unemployment and recession had gone down so much. But there still existed problems of deficit, growing poverty and increased foreign competition. Now the problem most frequently mentioned as most important in mid 1988 was drugs, and also with increasing concern about morality and crime. If the two candidates, Republican George Bush or Democrat Michael Dukakis, were to win the election they need to address these issues. Much of the 1988 Bush campaign was about the difference of ideologies between Bush and Dukakis. Bush intended to campaign around education, crime and the environment, but his no new taxes pledge severely restricted proposing new programs.In the first Bush Dukakis debate on PBS hosted by Jim Lehrer, the first question that was brought up was the problem with drugs in America at the time period. Mr. Bush believed that there had been a deterioration of values and schools need to instill good moral discipline into the school children. we've got to do a lot better on education, and we have to do, be tougher on those who commit crimes...
