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Political Parties Flashcards

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Function: action

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converts policies into political action

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Function: influence

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influence the gov currently in power

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Function: public

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mobilise public opinion

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Function: candidates

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selecting candidates for election

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Function: competing

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competing at elections

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Function: leaders

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identifying suitable leaders

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Features: organisation

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an organisation of people

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8
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Features: values

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who share similar political values

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Features: goals

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they have a similar set of goals or policies

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Features: office

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and they attempt to gain gov office

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Membership statistics?

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Labour - 432,000
Tory - 172,000
Lib Dems - 74,000

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Three main ways parties receive funding

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Memberships subscriptions
Fundraising events
Donations

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What’re the stipulations with donations?

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> £500 must be declared
£7,500 must be put on the electoral register

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How is funding limited?

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P.P.E.R.A. (2000)
The Electoral Commission (2001)

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What is short money?

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Based off seats

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16
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What is the PDG?

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£2 million pot, first million spread equally amongst all who qualify (2 seats or 1 seat + 150,000 votes), then the second million is spread based off how many constituencies your party stands in

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What is cranborne money?

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Money provided to the house of lords

18
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Positives of state funding: corrupt, advantage, representation

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No corrupt donations
Reduces advantages of bigger parties
Encourages more participation as representation of everyone would be easier

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Negatives of state funding: distribution, independence, regulation

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How would we distribute it?
Parties would lose independence
May lead to excessive state regulation of parties

20
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Donations statistics

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Tory - £19.4m
Labour - £5.4m

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