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The Last Word: Assignment 3 due tomorrow

Consider : How much control do national parties exert over state and local parties?. The Last Word: Assignment 3 due tomorrow. The Organization of Political Parties . Unit 3: AP Government and Politics . FIGURE 11.3: How are political parties organized?. The National Party. 11.2.

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The Last Word: Assignment 3 due tomorrow

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  1. Consider: How much control do national parties exert over state and local parties? The Last Word: Assignment 3 due tomorrow

  2. The Organization of Political Parties Unit 3: AP Government and Politics

  3. FIGURE 11.3: How are political parties organized?

  4. The National Party 11.2 • The national chairperson • Chief fundraiser and spokesperson • Republican National Chairman (2 year term)- ReincePriebus • On January 14, 2011, after seven rounds of voting, Priebus was elected chairman of the Republican National Committee; incumbent chairman Michael Steele had bowed out of the race after trailing in the early rounds of voting.’ • **Re-elected in 2013 • Democratic Nat’l Chairperson- Debbie Wasserman-Schultz • On April 5, 2011, Vice President Joe Biden announced that Wasserman Schultz was President Barack Obama's choice to succeed Tim Kaine as the 52nd Chair of the Democratic National Committee. • Elected by the vote of the DNC members; she “joins President Obama at the helm” of the party

  5. The National Party 11.2 • The national committee • Coordinates national convention and presidential campaign • Democratic National Committee (DNC) • Republican National Committee (RNC)

  6. http://www.gop.com/

  7. http://www.democrats.org/

  8. Consider: What do political parties do? The Last Word: Assignment 4 due Tuesday; Hayden Monday

  9. The National Convention 11.2 • Every four years • Present a positive image of the candidate • Serve as pep rallies • The Message: • Delegates • Formerly selected by party leaders, now often elected in primary elections and caucuses • Superdelegates • Who are they? • Allow Democratic Party elites some control over which candidate gets nominated • Controversial; are they democratic?

  10. State and Local Parties 11.2 • Roots of the party • Virtually all government regulation of political parties is handled by the states • Vast majority of party leadership positions are held at state and local level. • Precinct • Smallest voting unit; fundamental building block of the party

  11. Levels of party involvement • Party rank-and-file • People who register and vote for the party regularly • Party regulars • Work the polls, take non-leadership roles in party, contribute money; getting candidate elected most important • Party activists • Deeply concerned about party functions, highly involved in electoral process; donate funds • Demand a strong voice in local and state party policy • Party purists • Put ideology ahead of winning elections; will withhold support if they disagree with candidate

  12. Informal Groups 11.2 • Official and semi-official groups • Affiliations of state and local party women • Affiliations with college campus organizations • Supportive interest groups • Provide money and labor; labor unions, chambers of commerce • Think tanks • Institutional collections of policy-oriented researchers and academics • Heritage Foundation, Council on Foreign Relations

  13. What Political Parties Do Unit 3: AP Government and Politics

  14. Running Candidates for Office 11.3 • Raising money • Well-developed networks of donors • Raise money and disseminate it to candidates

  15. Running Candidates for Office 11.3 • Mobilizing support and getting out the vote • Public opinion polls and tracking surveys • Create TV advertisements • “Get out the vote” Election Day activities

  16. Formulating and Promoting Policy • National Party Platform • Most visible instrument used to formulate, convey, and promote public policy • Each party develops a lengthy platform outlining its positions • Programs of 2/3rds of winning party and ½ of losing party at least partly enacted.

  17. Organizing Government 11.3 • The presidential party • President is informal party leader • Parties in the federal courts • Judges are creatures of party, despite the fact that they are not elected • Parties in state government • Candidates at state level rely more on party for support • Governors much more involved in legislature in many states • Some state judges appointed by nonpartisan commission (Missouri system), and some are elected (criticized by some)

  18. Party Unity “scores”

  19. Explore Political Parties: Which Party Governs Better? 11.3 http://media.pearsoncmg.com/long/long_oconnor_mpslag_12/pex/pex11.html

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