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Political Parties: The Purpose An organizing mechanism that win elections and control government. Organize the competition (within the party).TRANSCRIPT
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Linkage Institutions
• Interest Groups• Political Parties• Mass Media
• There are the three “institutions” that link the people and the government.
Political Parties: The Purpose
• An organizing mechanism that win elections and control government.
• Organize the competition (within the party).
Political Parties Continued..
• Unify the electorate to moderate conflicts: control of factions.
• Organizes government by having party members in House and Senate, and through patronage.
• Translate preferences into policy.
Other Party systems.
• Why is America’s party system different?
• Not as strong.• Candidate centered, not party centered. • Do not always vote among parties, are not as
loyal as other party systems.
Caucus
• Meeting of local party members to choose party officials or candidates for public office and to decide a platform.
• Iowa is a very popular caucus due to timing. Oftentimes helps determine who are likely presidential nominees.
Party Convention
• Party conventions made the nomination process more democratic and open to the public.
• Party delegates voted on matters of policy and in some cases to select party candidates for public office.
Direct Primaries
• The most democratic. Gave people the decisions of who would be the party nominee.
Open Primaries
• Election where ANY voter may vote to choose a candidate.
Closed Primary
• Primary election in which only persons registered in that particular party may vote for a candidate.
Examples
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Two party system
• Most other democracies have multi-party systems
• “head of the nation “(president) and “head of the government” (PM)
Proportional Representation
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Winner-take-all
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Minor Parties
• Green Party• Libertarian Party• Socialist Party• Communist Party• Prohibition Party• Right to Life party
Ralph Nader: Green Party
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Ross Perot: Reform Party
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Political Parties
• Washington was “above” them and warned against them.
• Hamilton: Federalists
• Jefferson: Democratic-Republicans; eventually Democrats
• Lincoln: Whigs to Republicans
Realigning Elections
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Realigning Elections
• Turning points in politics that redefines agendas and alignments of voters within parties
Realignments
• Andrew Jackson: His movements eventually formed the strong two-party system known today. DEMOCRATS.
Abe Lincoln
• Whigs to Republicans: Merchants, financiers, industrialists, workers and farmers.
• Formed the “Grand Old Party “(GOP)
• REPUBLICANS
1896-PRGRESSIVES
• Worked on corruption and expended the electorate. Immigrants and Women
FDR: New Deal
• Depression
• Laissez-faire questioned
• Keynesian economics
2000 elections: Divided nation, divided government
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Continued
• 50-50 tie in the Senate
• Bush wins without majority of popular vote
• Slim GOP lead in the House
National Party Leadership
• National Committee
• National Chairs
• Change with Presidents