David Sherman and Leaf Van Boven. Personality, psychology play roles in ideological differences between liberals and conservatives, data show. One idea gaining currency among psychologists and political scientists is that Democrats and Republicans are politically polarized because they are fundamentally different.mericans are certainly polarized. According to a recent Pew Research Center poll, 36% of Republicans and 27% of Democrats see the opposing party as a threat to the nation's well-being.
Second Bill of Rights. The Second Bill of Rights is a list of rights that was proposed by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his State of the Union Address on January 11, 1944. In his address, Roosevelt suggested that the nation had come to recognize and should now implement, a second bill of rights..
FDR and the âNew Dealâ. One of the ideas that the media puts forth is that Franklin D. Roosevelt and the âNew Dealâ stopped the Great Depression and saved the American economy. A second New Deal therefore, should be able to save todayâs economy. A closer look at FDRâs policies will reveal that the New Deal did not solve the Great Depression; it did not save capitalism, it actually prolonged the Depression and vastly expanded governmentâs reach.