The Tea Party movement was formed in 2010, whereas the Occupy Wall Street movement became prominent in 2011. Many debates are going on about the Occupy Wall Street and Tea Party movements concerning the upcoming presidential elections. The Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street parties are effective in mobilizing republicans and influencing more people to join the movements. Therefore, there is no doubt that the two movements’ political stand will greatly affect how the elections will be conducted and the outcomes; hence, an analysis of the movements are done below.
The tea party movement started as a grassroots movement and attracted many supporters. The members were against the presidential elections results of 2008 that took president Obama into power. The main agenda of the TPM was to oppose government spending and taxation. The OWS, on the other hand, had its focused on economic discontents that brought about a lack of jobs and other economic inequalities(Klein,2021) ). From the two goals of the movements, the chances are that citizens will support them because they want to grow economically and also will like to see that taxation is regulated. Due to the large numbers of supporters, especially the young adults, the two movements will be influential in the forthcoming elections, hence likely to participate in the DRNC event.
Some differences are noted between the TPM, OWS and other past political movements regarding functionality and influence. The first difference is in terms of using social media platforms to have more influence on people. Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street movements have benefitted more from the internet in reaching out to more people and selling their agendas (Jensen & Bang, 2013). In the past, movements did not use the internet effectively, focusing more on selling agendas in congregations. Nowadays, conservative and liberal blogs support their preferred movements, unlike in the past(Laschever,2017 ). Another significant difference is the acceptance by young people; the past movements were mostly dependent on old influential people, whereas the TPM and OWS movements have attracted young adults who feel their needs are being represented.
The Tea Party and the Occupy Wall Street movements have notable differences, including their goals. For instance, according to Klein (2021), the TPM’s major goal was taxation, while the OWS movement focused on the existing economic discontents that resulted in several challenges, such as a lack of jobs. Another difference is that TPM is specific on the taxation plan while the OWS talks on the general issue of the economy. The youths mostly fuel the OWS movement, while the TPM is supported mostly by older people who are wealthier. Another difference is that OWS talks more about politics and the government to develop better strategies while TPM focuses on empowering people economically.
During the upcoming DRNC event in Miami, there is likely to be a misunderstanding between TPM and OWS movements which might result in violence due to the large numbers of supporters. Therefore, some policies have to be enacted to prevent chaos. According to (Crawford 2015), biasness exist between the TPM and OWS movements in terms of political beliefs; hence there is a need for the Miami-Dade Department of the police to ensure the differences do not end up in violence. The police department needs to discuss with the party heads before the event to mobilize their supporters not to engage in violence. Media blogs about the DRNC event can spread hatred between parties (Laschever, 2018). Hence, only certified media blog agents should create blogs about the event to prevent misinformation.
From the above analysis, it is evident that the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street movements have a high influential capability on people. Despite the two parties being popular, they have differences in their goals. Due to the influence, the parties might cause violence in the forthcoming elections if they do not achieve their goals. Therefore, during DRNC events, security has to be reinforced to cope with any possible incidence of violence that might occur during the event.
References
Klein, J. (2021). Activists and Non-Activists: Differential Activist Identification in the Tea Party and Occupy Movements. Qualitative Report, 26(1).
Crawford, J. T., & Xhambazi, E. (2015). Predicting Political Biases Against the Occupy Wall Street and Tea Party Movements. Political Psychology, 36(1), 111-121.
Jensen, M. J., & Bang, H. P. (2013). Occupy Wall Street: A new political form of movement and community?. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 10(4), 444-461.
Laschever, E. (2017, June). Are they not worthy? How partisan political blogs legitimize the Tea Party Movement and Occupy Wall Street. In Sociological Forum (Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 359-380).
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