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21 Cards in this Set
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Why do we have parties?
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Incentives for party organization
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Nature of Parties
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Central Organizing instrument of government
Healthy and Competitive Organizations |
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Definition of Political Party: Burke
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a body of men united to promote some particular principle in which they are all agreed
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Definition of Political Party: Downs
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a team of men seeking to control the governing apparatus by gaining office in a duly constituted election
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Parties and the Constitution
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Constitution did not mention them. Considered to be a threat to good government and public order
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First American Parties
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Not meant to be permanent
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What were they meant for?
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to pass desired agenda and crush opposition
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Incentives for Party Building
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Majority Alliances (need)
To build stable legislative and electoral alliances To mobilize voters To develop new electoral techniques Enfore collective responsibility |
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Party formation example
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Parties help legislators solve the collective action problem and enforce collective responsibility
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Three Party Systems: THe party in government
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An alliance of current officeholders cooperating to shape public policy
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Three party systems: THe Part organization
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Dedicating to electing the party's candidate
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Three party systems: The party in the electorate
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Compre ose those voters who identidy with the party and regularly ote for its nominees
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Basic Features of the two party system
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Two party competition
Single winner is chosen by plurality vote Decentralized, fragmented party coalitions Professional representation |
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First Party System
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1790-1824
Hamilton (fed) vs Jefferson (Democrats) The era of good feelings- liked each other despite differences |
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Second Party System
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1824-1860
basic organizational structures set Emergence of Whigs Nominating Conventions Emergence of party loyalty Spoils system: reward with jobs to those who helped u along the way to get elected Lead to corruption of today |
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Third Party System
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1860-1894
Republican Party (anti slavery) Split between Dem and Rep after Recon. Party machines Progressive era- australian ballots Reward for party service shrank |
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FOurth Party System 1932-?
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FDR and new deal coalition
Republicans (uper class, protestant, midwest) Democrat coalition deal ceased with decline of new deal Dem: Civil Rights Rep: States' Rights Primaries |
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COnsequences of fractured alignments
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1970's and on
Party line voting declined ticket splitting increased Volatile electorate |
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6th party system
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partisanship revived somewhat
ticketsplitting returned to 1960's levels voters less neutral |
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Party Differences: Republican
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smaller, cheaper fed gov't
lower taxes less regulation of business lower spending on social welfare generous only to defense ban abortion and gay marriage official prayer in schools |
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Party Differences: Democrat
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regulate business
support programs improve domestic welfare less on defense fairness and equality legal abortion no prayer |
