CHANGES TO THE 2 MAJOR PARTIES SINCE THE 1960'S

Question 1

what happened to the democrats in 1960’s

Answer 1

supported civil rights leading white southerners to switch to republicans

Question 2

What happened to the republicans in the 1960’s

Answer 2

Started to shift further into being conservative and started:
tax cuts
and a neo conservative approach to foreign policy seen by bush

Question 3

What are culture wars

Answer 3

Clash between liberals and traditional supporters

Question 4

What do some believe started to happen in the 1970’s

Answer 4

parties started to decline

Question 5

When did the polarisation of parties properly start

Answer 5

1980’s

Question 6

Example of polarisation in the 1990’s

Answer 6

Republicans trying to impeach Bill Clinton

Question 7

Which presidents increased the polarisation of the parties

Answer 7

obama
g w bush
trump

Question 8

Evidence for party decline

Answer 8

Growth in split-ticket voting till the 1980’s

Rise of primaries

party leaders in congress find it hard to make congress members follow party line

Growth of candidate campaigning

rise of pressure groups

Question 9

Evidence for party renewal

Answer 9

Decrease in split-ticket voting in recent years

Democrats have unelected super-delegates comprising 20% of delegates

Growing partisanship in congress votes

Emergence of more coherent campaigns through parties and candidate

Strong influence of pressure groups on parties