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Political parties are not BLANK who always BLANK but are rather BLANK of the political process. |
1. Collection of People 2. agree 3. facilitators |
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Political party |
A group of people who seek to control government through winning elections and holding public office. |
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What are the five functions of parties. |
1. The nomination function 2. The inform-activate function 3. seal of approval function 4. the government function 5. The watchdog function |
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Nominated Function |
A. Parties recruit and choose candidates B. parties provide nominees with a solid base of support. |
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The Inform-activate function |
A. Parties take stands on issues and criticize the stands taken by their opponents. B. Parties use the news media to perform this "educational function." |
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The seal of approval or bonding agent function |
A. parties try to insure that the people they nominate are qualified and of good character. B. Parties work to unsure that the elected officials perform their duties well. |
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The government function |
A. Both state and federal public officials are regularly appointed on a partisan or party bases. B. Parties are the major agent for cooperation between legislative and executive branches. |
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The Watch dog function |
A. the party out of power scrutinizes and criticizes the actions of government officials. B. Their watchfulness forces public officials to be more responsive to popular concerns. |
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Reasons for the two party system. |
1. Historical Basis - Federalist and Anti-federalist. 2. The force of tradition- its always been done this way. 3. The electoral system- state election laws are made in states by Democratic and Republican lawmakers who make it difficult to put a third party candidate on the ballot. 4. The american ideological consensus- American are mostly moderate major political parties reflect America's moderate stance. |
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Multiparty systems represent a Blank of ideas but don't give BLANK to government (too many factions to agree on issues) |
A. Wide variety B. stability |
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A true one party system is usually a... |
DICTATORSHIP |
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Minor parties can be based on what three things. |
1. Ideologies. Ex: Communist party 2. Single-issues 3. unsatisfactory with the major parties |
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Major parties reflect the BLANK they have BLANK leadership but also BLANK and BLANK leadership. |
A. political setup B. National C. State D. Local |
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Three elements of parties |
a. Party organization b. the electorates or members that vote on an issue. c . the elected officials who are members of the party. |
