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38 Cards in this Set
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Conflict within republican party
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cutting taxes vs. reducing the deficit
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Conflict within the democratic party
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Creating jobs vs. protecting the enviroment
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Primary Roles political parties play
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1.Recruit candidates
2.Infrom the public/stimulate public discussion 3.Provide "seal of approval" 4.ease Governing 5. "watchdog" loyal opposition 6. gives "cues" to voters (serve as a shortcut to knowledge) |
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how are parties defined
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1. party in the electorate
2. party as organizations 3. party in government |
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Running for office
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Used to be party centered, now its candidate centered.
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When party organizations were really powerfull
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Political machine-exchanged money or services for the loyalty of a voter
Patronage-giving jobs |
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What happened to the power of political parties?
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Ballot reform-the voters could vote for who they wanted without the party looking over there shoulder preshuring them
Civil service Control of party nominations |
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party in government
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1. each party presents a coherent set of programs consistent with its ideaology and clearly diffrent from other parties
2. candidates pledge to support there parties platform if elected 3. voters makes choices based on which platform most closely reflects their own 4.while governing each party exercises control over its elected officials. |
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If parties are not responsible in Gov.
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Congressional paradox
limited scope of government (expectation gap) Divided Gov. |
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Reasons for two-party system
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Tradition
Lack of strong ideological beliefs The Constitution-single-member, winner take all congressional districts and the electoral college |
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Types of Intrest groups
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Economic/Private
Public (Provide Collective goods) Single- or multi issue ideaological Groups |
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Intrest groups
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Organize to influence Gov. by lobbying and share a common political goal
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Faction
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A group of citizens united by some common posision or interest and opposed to the rights of other citizens or to the interest of the whole community.
factions can be destructive and should be avoided |
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Different opinions about Democracy
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1. Elitists
2.Populist or Participatory 3.Pluralist-The model of Organizational Groups |
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Interest Groups- ways lobbyests try to influence
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2. Friends of the court briefs
3. Testify at congressional hearings/present reaserch 4. Contact Gov. officials formally/informally 5. Send letters/make phone calls to members of congress 6. help draft bills in congress 7. donate to campaigns 8. talk to media/try to set gov. agenda |
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PAC's
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Political action Committees
The legal Entities intrest groups form to make monetary contributions to political candidates |
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Examples of PAC's
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Fish pac, emilys list, Nut pac ect ect...
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Goal of interest groups
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to turn potential members into actual members
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Free rider Problem
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Benifits that group gains cant be restricted to only group members
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Examples of Collective goods
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Clean air
Clean water public radio and TV |
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How do you overcome Free rider problem?
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Provide Insentives
Material Benifits Solidary benifits (meet people with similar interests) Expressive benifits (just to say you care about something Bragging rights) |
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Approaches to Voting
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Sociological Approach
Psychological Approach Economist Approach |
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Sociological Approach to voting
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Where do you come from who do you know?
Social characterisitics helped to explain how people vote (education, region, religion, union membership ect...) Internal (social) forces VS. External (issues) Forces |
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Psychological Approach To voting
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Your attitudes towards politics
attitudes toward parties,candidates and issuies. |
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How are the Psychological approach and the Sociological approach related?
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Your attitudes are formed in part by social characteristics
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Economist Approach to voting
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Party identification is less important
Just another factor in voting desition. Unlike other approaches Party identification can change |
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Prospective voting
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Which party will do better in the future
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Retrospective voting
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how did the last party do in the past
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Steps of the Presidential campaign
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Pre-primary
Primary General Election |
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what do candidates do in the Pre primary?
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Raise money
Raise name recognition Appeal to most loyal party voters |
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What do candidates do in the Primary?
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Win early
Win often Aquire delegates Appeal to partison voters Give great speeches Some states only allow democrats or Republicans Vote in primary |
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Primary Vs. Causes
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Primary anyone can vote. they go and cast a vote
Causes- is a longer process and puts more strain on the voter |
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Caucus
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Go to site
Discussion time take a vote Than supporters of the winning candidates try to convince people of the losing side to change there vote |
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Kinds of Delegates
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Total
Pledged "super" (former presidents, congressman, goveners, Big Wigs) |
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General Election
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Set agenda
Appeal to moderate "swing voters" Focus on "winnable" states Republicans arnt going to win cali Ignore non-competative states |
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Electoral College
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270 seats to win
each candidate must come up with there representatives per state. NC has 15 (13 districts and 2 senators) Electors do not have to vote for there party |
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what if no one gets 270 electoral votes?
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The house desides who wins from the top 3 candidates that got votes. the first candidate to 26 votes wins. (one vote per state)
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for electoral mandates to exist
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1. Candidates must run on some type of platform. victory cant simply be "personal"
2. Public must understand what the platform is. (remember public opinion discussion, public knowledge of issuies not always high) 3. everyone must agree that candidate won big in Three ways a. Electoral college vote b. Popular vote c. Coat tails (bring in alot of people to the house and senate) |
