Parties Flashcards
1st American Party system
Federalist vs Democrats
2nd US party system
Since 1829
Jacksonian Democrats
Whig party
3rd US party system
Republicans (anti slavery)
Democrats
4th US party system
Shift in central issues but same parties
Republicans and Democrats
Dominated by Republicans
5th US party system
Democrats (liberals)
Republicans (conservatives)
Causes of a Two-party system in the US
48 states with winner take all electoral policies
Polarization of the system
Tend to ignore alternative views
Two-party systems
Opened debate
Multiparty
May not promote inter party compromise but simply partisan appeal
Two-party systems
3rd parties do not weld very much influence
Two-party systems
Tend to be more extreme
Multiparty
Support policies that appeal to a smaller segment of the population
Multiparty
More politicaly stable
Two-party systems
Beleived to me more difficult to govern than other party systems
Multiparty
