Comparative Analysis: Democratic and Republican Environmental Policies

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The democrats and the republicans have been the dominant and only relevant parties within the United States political atmosphere for decades and their stances on environmental policy have similar but also distinct ideas about how to employ the policy properly. The members of the two political parties have structured themselves around conservative and liberal ideologies and continue to apply those ideologies to matters like dealing with global warming and protecting the environment. The two parties split the debate for environmental policy relatively evenly and cover most of the aspects that need to be considered in modern day policy by dividing the priorities of the policy into economical and social preferences.
The Republican Party has …show more content…

When polling both Democrats and Republicans there is a clear difference in beliefs on whether protecting the environment is a top priority; 34% of Republicans believe that it is a top priority while 60% of Democrats believe it is a top priority (Table 6.3). The Republicans may believe this because they do not believe that this is an issue that can be solved without having the economic implications being too burdensome. The Democrats show a different stance due to their preferences being more liberal and this leads them to believe that the government should make new policy for the good of the environment and leaving the economy to find new opportunities in the aftermath of the policy. When polling about the priority of dealing with global warming there are 11% of Republicans that believe it is a top priority and 43% of Democrats that believe it is a top priority (Table 6.3). The Republicans might see this as an issue that cannot be solved with conservative methods. For the Democratic Party this can be associated with another statistic from table 6.1 that says 59% of Democrats are college graduates and 52% of people from 18-29 are Democrats. This shows that the Democrats are educated young adults that have an outlook on environmental policy that puts preference towards a liberal …show more content…

The concerns generally come from the liberal Democrats that want to conserve the environment for generations to come and the conservative Republicans that want to ensure that economic prosperity and environmental protection advance together (ontheissues.org). There really is no room for another party to interject during the development of environmental policy.
The republicans and democrats control the US Congress and this division of political preference is due to the ability of the two parties to captivate the publics interest. The environment affects everyone though and this leaves the policy to be regarded as a necessary area for regulation. The two political parties, that use their ideological beliefs to dictate their positions, divide the people on how to initiate environmental

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