Political Parties part 2 Flashcards
1
Q
What are the functions of political parties?
A
- Nominating Candidates
- Raise Money
- -> Soft money - Mobilization: get their voters to go to the polls
- Informations Cues: Providing understanding on issue to members to provide a shortcut in doing the research
2
Q
What are trends of political parties?
A
- Increased influence
amount of people having a say in who’s in charge of the political party - Candidate Centered Election
—> Gun owner ship, gay marriage, immigration - Assorted ourselves in Cultural choices
- Polarization of parties
3
Q
What are Candidate Centered Election?
A
- paradigm shift from voting on view points of issues to candidates personality and message
- Individual campaign rather than party campaign
4
Q
What is polarization in reference to trends of political parties?
A
- Less in less people are in the middle
- Politician have been played to extremes not to the middle