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• Economic Influence

  GoodUSA's GDP is ... trillion23.3
• Economic Influence

  BadAccording to the observer by 2033, China will likely overtake the US as having the...biggest market in the world
• Military Influence

  GoodUS's military spend is...almost double that of every other nation
• Military Influence

  Bad... has more nuclear weapons than the USRussia
• UN


  GoodIn May 2021, UN blocked...a joint statement calling for an immediate ceasefire between Israel & Hamas
• UN

  BadAs of May 2022, Russia has used its veto..., whereas the US has used it...121 times/82 times
• NATO

  GoodNearly... of total spending on defence by NATO governments is accounted for by the US70%
• NATO

  BadAll 31 members of NATO have equal influence, as NATO has continued to provide...as all member states are in agreementmilitary assistance to Ukraine
• President's Law Making

  GoodPresident Joe Biden signed the... coronavirus relief package in...$1.9 trillion/March 2021
• President's Law Making

  BadThe Supreme Court can declare the president's legislation to be unconstitutional, they declared Biden's...vaccine mandate to be unconstitutional in 2021
• President's Patronage

  GoodTrump appointed... which shows that there is a rep majority in the Supreme court showing the President's ability to dominate decision makingBrett Kavanaugh (accused of sexual assault in college) in 2018 and Amy Coney Barrett (known for her conservative views) in 2020
• President's Veto

  GoodArticle 1 of the Constitution shows that the president can refuse to sign a bill if they don't think that it's in the best interest of the ppl.Trump issued... vetos during his presidency. All but... were rejected10/1
• President's Patronage

  BadCongress can approve or deny President appt, following the death of Supreme Court Justice...Anton Scalia in 2016 the majority rep congress prevented Barak Obama from appointing a replacement for 8 months and it didn't take place until when Trump was in office`
• President's Veto

  BadIn Dec 2020, more than 100 house republicans joined democrats in overriding Trump's veto of a...$741 billion defence bill
• President's Executive Order

  Good

  Allows President to issue a law w/out approval from congress

  In 2023, Biden passed an EO to...


  strengthen access to affordable contraception
• President's Executive Order

  Bad

  This can only relate to an...

  existing law & not a new one
• President's Power over the Armed Forces

  Good

  In..., Trump ordered the creation of a...

  2018/space force
• President's Power over the Armed Forces

  Bad

  Only congress can declare war on another country.

  The US involvement in the... only happened because of the approval of congress

  Iraq Afghanistan wars
• Citizen's Participation Voting

  Good

  More than... of white American's turned out to vote in the... Presidential elections

  70%/2020
• Citizen's Participation Voting

  Bad

  American's must register to vote

  Approx... American's aren't registered to vote

  This shows voter apathy = don't have an interest in elections so don't feel the need to vote so there is a limitation of democracy as not all take part

  50 million
• Citizen's Participation: Standing as a Candidate

  Good

  ... stood as a candidate & became a member of congress

  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
• Citizen's Participation: Standing as a Candidate

  Bad

  Some groups such as ethnic minorities are less able to stand as a candidate.

  It is incredibly expensive to run as Trump spent $... of his own money in his 2016 Presidential campaign

  248.3 million
• Citizen's Participation: Joining an Interest Group

  Good

  The NRA have a great deal of financial support. They have spent $... on... Which is more than any other group

  3 million
• Citizen's Participation: Joining an Interest Group

  Bad

  Some groups use illegal methods such as the Army of God who (Christian anti-abortion terrorist group) who... This has limited influence as breaking the law discredits their cause


  bombed abortion clinics & murdered abortion providers
• Citizen's Participation: Protesting

  Good

  Millions protested against... As a result amendments were made to the ban

  Trumps travel ban in 2017
• Citizen's Participation: Protesting

  Bad

  In... Pro Trump supporters stormed the... building protesting against Biden's victory. This came after Trump made more baseless claims against... that same day. Nicola Sturgeon tweeted that this was "..."

  2021/fraud/attack on democracy
• Citizen's Participation: Petitions

  Good

  In..., .... people signed a petition to free.... before he was about to be executed. This was successful as....

  2021/6.5 million/Oklahoma Governor Stitt commuted his sentence
• Citizen's Participation: Petitions

  The majority of petitions were rejected. In... for Trump to release his tax returns & almost.... but republicans blocked it

  2017/500,000
• Ethnic Minorities: Wealth

  In 2021 ...% of whites lived in pov compared to ....% of AA & ...% hispanics


  8/20/17
• Ethnic Minorities: Wealth

  Forbes 2021 - the annual median wage for all US workers is over $... over ...% of AA earn less than $30,000 per year this highlights how they are over represented in low paying jobs

  40,000/40
• Ethnic Minorities: Education

  Over ...% of of hispanics drop out of school compared to over ...%7/4
• Ethnic Minorities: Education

  A... study found that predominantly white districts got $....billion more than their non white counterparts serving about the same no of students

  2019/23
• Ethnic Minorities: Education

  Most asian americans do well in education. Asians make up ....% of the US population but ....% of undergrads in college5/10
• Ethnic Minorities: Health

  ....% of hispanics are ininsured. compared to ....% of whites

  20/7.5
• Ethnic Minorities: Health

  In .... it was found that the avg gap in life expectancy between white & black americans was almost ... years

  2021/4
• Ethnic Minorities: Housing

  less than.... of african & hispanic americans become home owners, compared to over ....% of whites

  half/70
• Ethnic Minorities: Housing

  In..... the home value in the mainly white north areas avg house price is almost $.... ,compared to the mainly AA north area which is $....

  Delmar Boulevard/270,000/65,000
• Ethnic Minorities: Housing

  housing is linked to ... & ..... As a greater % of ppl from minority groups are born into poorer areas, they are more likely to remain poor in adult life & get stuck in the "..."

  income and education/ cycle of poverty
• Ethnic Minorities: Crime

  In .... the Chicago police force was accused of using bait trucks where they would leave trucks full of ...... in mainly poor AA communities to lure them to steal

  2018/high value items
• Ethnic Minorities: Crime

  1 in... AA males can expect to go to prison at some point in their lives compared to 1 in.... white males

  3/17