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Political Parties Flashcards

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Functions of Political Parties?

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  1. Nominating Functions
  2. Informer-Stimulator Function
  3. Bonding Agent Function
  4. Governmental Function
  5. Watchdog Function
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Political Parties

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A group of people who seek to control the government by winning elections and holding public office

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Why do we have a 2 Party System?

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  1. History & Tradition
  2. Electoral System
  3. American Idealogical Consensus
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What determines party membership?

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  1. Family
  2. Major Events
  3. Economic Status
  4. Age
  5. Residence
  6. Education
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Why do people not vote?

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  1. Apathy
  2. Limitations on voting
  3. “My vote won’t make a difference”
  4. Uninformed
  5. Weather
  6. Against the principle
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Organization of Political Parties

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  1. President
  2. National Chairman
  3. National committee
  4. National convention
  5. Congressional campaign
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Purpose of Minor/ Third Parties?

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Force 2 major parties to take a stand on a controversial issue

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Goal of a minor/ third party?

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“Spoiler role”- takes the majority vote away from one of the major parties

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Types of minor/ third parties?

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  1. Idealogical
  2. Single-Issue
  3. Economic Protest
  4. Splinter
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Free-Soil Party

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Martin Van Buren

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Greenback Party

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James Weaver

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Populist Party

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William Jennings Bryan

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Socialist

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Eugene Debbs

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Bullmoose

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Theodore Roosevelt

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States Rights Democrats (Dixiecrats)

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Strom Thurmond

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American Independent Party

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George Wallace

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State and Local Party purpose?

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  1. Build an effective organization
  2. Promote unity
  3. Find candidates
  4. Provide campaign funds
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Types of nominations?

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  1. Self announcement
  2. Caucus
  3. Convention
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Primary System

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  1. Direct Primary
  2. Runoff Primary
  3. Nonpartisan Primary
  4. Contested
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Federal Responsibilities in elections?

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  1. Sets the date
  2. Guarantee a secret ballot
  3. Regulate campaign finance
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Coattail effect?

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A strong candidate at the top of the ticket helps attract voters on the ticket

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Ballot

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A device in which a voter registers a choice in an election

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Australian ballot

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Secret ballot

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Office-group ballot

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Candidates for each office are grouped together

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Party-Column ballot (Indiana ballot)

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Have all candidates grouped in one column by party

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Voting options

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  1. Voting the straight ticket

2. Ticket splitting

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How is voting a symbol of democracy?

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  1. We choose our leaders
  2. Gives legitimacy to government
  3. Influences public policy

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