p.244-247; 258-269; 276-277 Political Parties Flashcards
a group of people with common political ideas that nominate candidates for election to government to win public office
political parties
Political Parties:
A group of people with__________ _________ ___________ that _______ candidates for ________ to government to win public office
a group of people with common political ideas that nominate candidates for election to government to win public office
List the 7 aims of political parties:
- _______ ______ for public office
- ________ _____ for election
- They are a _______between _____ ______ and the _________
- A ________ _______ for _______ _______
- __________A__________&A___________
- E__________&S___________
- _________ _________ keeps party gov’s accountable
- Recruit candidates for public office
- Promotion of candidates for election
- They are a contact between elected officials and the public
- A training ground for future leaders
- Interest aggregation and articulation (I DUNNO WHAT THIS IS BUT FOUND A POWERPOINT THAT I THINK HELPS??)
- Education & Socialization
- Party Competition keeps party gov’s accountable
List the 7 aims of political parties:
- Recruit candidates for public office
- Promotion of candidates for election
- They are a contact between elected officials and the public
- A training ground for future leaders
- Interest aggregation and articulation (I DUNNO WHAT THIS IS BUT FOUND A POWERPOINT THAT I THINK HELPS??)
- Education & Socialization
- Party Competition keeps party gov’s accountable
Types of Political Parties
2: Brokerage and Ideological
Describe a Brokerage Party…
Common criticism…
EXAMPLES:
- Big tent party that aims to appeal to the widest group of voters, free of specialization or specific/strong ideology, beyond a focus on stability.
- tend to judge policy on how well it works, not who came put with the idea.(Pragmatic) and as such often have left and right elements.
- present a unified face to voters following in party debate.
Common Crit: can be seen as flip flopping on issues however they claim to be adjusting to changing times.
EXAMPLES: ??
Describe a Ideological Party…
Common criticism…
- Either a left or right ideology- not both- so completely opposite of brokerage.
- Sliding scale of extreme whereby those on the farthest left or right my argue with mid let or right about maintaining ideology and gaining power (more pragmatic)
- As such these parties are often criticized as ‘back sliding’ on issues to get elected, instead of focusing on shifting public opinion in their direction.
ex: Green party, Movement Party, etc
Define Left
socialism, care for society through the creation of safety nets and social programs
Define Right
capitalism, people are responsible for their own lives, less government involvement, people are less capable of meaningful contributions to the political process and are therefore left out of the process
Brokerage Party
A perspective that maintains that parties are not differentiated by ideology and that they do not adopt consistent policy positions over time.
A perspective that maintains that parties are not differentiated by ideology and that they do not adopt consistent policy positions over time.
Brokerage Party
a pattern of electoral competition that emerges between two or more parties
Party System
Party System
-a pattern of __________ __________ that emerges between _____or_____ parties
-a pattern of electoral competition that emerges between two or more parties.
Two party system:
A pattern of_________ in which there are 2, or primarily two , parties.
A pattern of COMPETITION in which there are 2, or primarily two , parties.
Pattern of competition whereby two major parties win at least three-quarters of the vote, and a third party receives a much smaller share of the vote.
Two-and-a-half party system
