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Chapter 9

Chapter 9 . It’s Party Time!!!!!!!! Political Parties. What is a political party? . An organized group that seeks to Win elections Hold public office Operate the government Determine public policy. Parties exist to:. Label candidates (Party ID) Helpful for voters, shorthand… Govern

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Chapter 9

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  1. Chapter 9 It’s Party Time!!!!!!!! Political Parties

  2. What is a political party? • An organized group that seeks to • Win elections • Hold public office • Operate the government • Determine public policy

  3. Parties exist to: • Label candidates (Party ID) • Helpful for voters, shorthand… • Govern • Congressional rules and organization are based on the 2 party system • Critique party in power • Organize election process • Recruit candidates, mobilize voters, info on issues…

  4. What else do they do? • Serve as a linkage institution that connects citizens to government

  5. Why do we have a two party system? 1. Congressional and local elections • Winner take all , plurality (as opposed to proportional: win 20% of votes get 20% of the seats) • single member district (1 candidate per office) 2. Electoral College • Names of Democratic and Republican candidates are automatically placed on ballots • 3rd party candidates must obtain a certain # of signatures to get on the ballot

  6. One / Multiparty systems • One party: a single party exercises total control over whole government • China , Iran • Multiparty: a number of parties compete for offices • Parties are often based on a few issues , illustrating widely differing views on policy • France , Italy, Israel

  7. Benefits of political parties • Offer clear choices to voters • No need to gather volumes of information on tons of candidates • Eases transition of officials after elections

  8. Weakening of parties (Party De-alignment) • Less people identify with single party • More split ticket voting • Dem for Pres / Rep for Congress • More identify as independent (about 38%) • Organization • Parties no longer run the general elections, less local influence • Prior to progressive era parties organized election, printed ballots, provided incentive for voters to turn out (28 gallons of rum)

  9. Weakening of party identification

  10. Trends in split ticket voting

  11. Parties in US vs. Parties in Europe US: weaker parties Europe: stronger parties National government has much more power Less regulation on parties People vote more for party than for individual • Federal system: decentralizes party • Regulated by federal and state laws • Candidates picked through primaries, not selected by party leaders • President and Congress elected separately • Presidential appointees

  12. History of political parties Reading: Due Tomorrow (1/3/13) • Create a chart for each party system with the following information: (there are 6) • Dominant party of the time • Core beliefs of each party • Voting coalitions for each side • Any particular regions? Groups of people? • What caused the change in party systems to occur?

  13. AWESOME graph depicting history of parties • http://www.learnnc.org/lp/media/uploads/2009/03/politics-newnation.jpg • http://www.learnnc.org/lp/media/uploads/2009/06/politics-antebellum.jpg • http://www.learnnc.org/lp/media/uploads/2009/09/politics-gildedage.jpg

  14. Who are party delegates?

  15. Problems?!? George Washington on political parties: “serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one part against another; foments occasionally riot and insurrection.” • Agree? Disagree?

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