Political Movements November 8, 2017 Dr. Michael Sullivan

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1 Political Movements November 8, 2017 Dr. Michael Sullivan FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GOVT 2305 MoWe 5:30 6:50 MoWe 7 8:30

2 Current Events Nature of Political Movements How political movements have success Case Study: Black Lives Matter Movement Upcoming Assignments

3 Ralph Northam beat Ed Gillespie in the governor s race 53.9 to 45 percent By comparison, Hillary Clinton won 52.8 percent of the two party portion of the 2016 vote to Donald Trump s 47.2 percent. What does this mean for 2018? Democrats surmise that 2018 is going to look more like 2006, a Democratic surge election Republicans need to keep promises if want it more like 1994, a Republican surge election since have won 7 House Races It s not uncommon for the president s party to lose the off-year Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races in the first year of the new administration. Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush also saw the opposition party sweep both races a year after their first elections. But what is unusual about Tuesday night is the extent to which the two races were about Trump. Trump s approval rating in Virginia was just 40 percent, according to the exit poll.

4 Current Events, Recent Events, & Review Nature of Political Movements How political movements have success Case Study: Black Lives Matter Movement Upcoming Assignments

5 Political (Social) Movement Sustained effort to achieve social and political change by people who feel government is unresponsive to their interests.

6 Political movements see to bring about change End War Racial Justice Immigration Racial Equality Gender Equality Gun Rights They are protests against the status quo

7 Political Movements Work Outside the Established Institutional Structure Political Movements Advocacy through social movements Political Institutions Advocacy Through Political Parties & Interest Groups

8 Relative Deprivation Political Movements Emerge from Sense of Being Disadvantage Relative to Another Group or Groups

9 Case Study: Late 2000 s / Early 2010 s Tea Party Occupy Wall Street

10 Current Events, Recent Events, & Review Nature of Political Movements How political movements have success Case Study: Black Lives Matter Upcoming Assignments

11 What Makes a Political Movement Successful? Less Successful Anarchist movement Utopian movement Socialist suffrage Communist movement Nativist movement Black power movement More Successful Jacksonian movement Abolitionist movement Women s suffrage Progressive movement Civil rights movement Women s rights movement What do you see?

12 Successful = based claim on accepted American ideal Goal Greater Degree Self Government Greater Equality Greater Equality Eliminate Social Problems Greater Equality Greater Equality More Successful Jacksonian movement Abolitionist movement Women s suffrage Progressive movement Civil rights movement Women s rights movement Opposition = hard to oppose & attract supporters

13 What Makes a Political Movement Successful? Less Successful Anarchist movement Utopian movement Socialist suffrage Communist movement Nativist movement Black power movement Failed Goals ran counter to American Values Seek revolution to overthrow the existing value system

14 Factors affecting a social movement s success 1. Sustainability > resources to keep going? 2. Institutionalization > get goal into law/system 3. Legitimacy > convince others its worthwhile

15 Case Study Post WWII Civil Rights Movement Sustainability

16 Case Study Post WWII Civil Rights Movement Legitimacy By 1964, 71% of white non southern respondents supported equal access to public accommodations (hotels and restaurants) for black Americans Non violence protests vs. brutal attacks on civil rights marchers

17 Case Study Post WWII Civil Rights Movement Institutionalization The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination in the use of public accommodations. Institutionalization was also achieved by the movement of black voters into the Democratic Party. Blacks had been Republicans.

18 Current Events, Recent Polls, & Review Nature of Political Movements How political movements have success Case Study: Black Lives Matter Upcoming Assignments

19 Case Study: Present Day Sustainability? Legitimacy? Institutionalization? Short Version Long Version

20 Institutionalization? Legitimacy? Sustainability?

21 Current Events, Recent Events, & Review Nature of Political Movements How political movements have success Case Study: Black Lives Matter Movement Upcoming Assignments

22 Unit 3 Upcoming In Class Topic & Reading Assignments Assignments Due Dates

23 Long image descriptions APPENDIX A McGraw Hill Education

24 Case Study: Voting Movement All male citizens Women Suffrage Black Americans McGraw Hill Education.

25 Case Study: Prohibition Movement McGraw Hill Education.