Ap Government Chapter 8 And 9

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how does one become a member of a party

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declare you are a member

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how political parties are structured

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local
state
national

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patronage

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awarding political jobs based soley on political leaning and not by merit or competence

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state parties

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hold primaries or caucuses to send delegates with votes to the national convention for presidential candidates

they choose the type of primary

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national committee

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on of the institutions that keeps the party operation between conventions and deals w/ policy issues

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national chairperson

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person who hires staff to take care of the day-to-day activities in order to keep the party running

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party electorate

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those who have registered under a given party

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party organization

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office with staff, rules, bylaw and make $ for the next election

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party in government

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officials who have been elected into office

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political party

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a group of ppl that are trying to win elections

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purpose of "nominations"

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narrow down the list of candidates

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Primary goals of political parties

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raise $
inform ppl
select who runs for office
advocate policy

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political parties as linkage institutions

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translates input of the people to the output of policymakers

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ticketsplitting

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voting 2 ways in an election

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Trends in independence

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in the past 50 years there has been and increase in independent voters

democrats have lost the most

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proportion of parties

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independents
democrats
republicans

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closed primaries

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must be registered with a specific party to vote

(most used)

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open primaries

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choose which ballot you want the day of the election

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blanket primary

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everyone stuck on the same ballot

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Critical elections

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realignment of political association, new issues emerge, new coalitions, majority party is toppled.

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party realignment

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changing parties

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party dealignment

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where ppl decide not to associate with any party

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party platforms

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unify voice of a party
all parties have them
accomplish 75% of what they say

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Republican era

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1860-1928
defined by anti-slavery which united the Republican party and split the democratic party
also a 2nd era was when Democrat William Jennings Brian supported getting off the gold standard and everyone got scared and voted Republican

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New Deal era

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1932-1964
Coming out of the great depression with Roosevelt's New Deal proposal. Everyone was upset with Republicans lack of reform.

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Era of Divided Government

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1968 to the Present
There hasn't been a serious pattern of control

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Make up of the New Deal Coalition

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everyone but rich ppl big business owners

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party loyalty in recent years

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has declined

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importance/effects of third parties

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new issues, new groups, specific to a certain idea, take away votes from big parties

never win

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Factors that suggest political parties influence in US is diminishing

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dealignment
no patronage
candidates run campaigns w/o support of party
people have influence since party reform
party doesn't have control of officials
responsible to interest groups

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national convention

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set platform (determined before)
make nominations
look like everyone agrees

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how caucuses work

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precinct county and state levels
each level you vote for a candidate and delegates move to the next level

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1968 Democratic convention

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everyone got upset about the Vietnam war and there were riots

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Changes after 1968 in democratic nomination

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it has become more democratic and there has been an increase in women minorities and young people at the conventions

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McGovern-Fraiser Commison

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made the nomination more democratic

called for an increase in allowing minorities to come to the nomination

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Superdelgates

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done by democratic party
15% of all the delgates at the national convention are hand-picked by the party and have them for the candidate they want to have the nomination

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How dates of primaries and caucuses are set

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informal agreement
set by state law/parties

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importance of new hampshire and iowa in the presidential race

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they go first and recieve 40% of all media attention

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national primary

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everyone votes the same day

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pro national primary

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less money
less travel
less candidates away from the job
direct and simple

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con national primary

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media goes to the big states
hurts the little men
hard to build momentum

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regional primary

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break the country into 5 different regions and vote in a certain block of weeks

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pro regional primary

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gives more edge to the little guy
compacts process
less travel
less time
breaks up who goes first to change media coverage

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con regional primary

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the little guy is still hurt
still emphasis on bigger states in the region
agreeing on regional boundaries
same reasons as national just not to such a large degree

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why conventions are no longer significant

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there isn't any suspense
and everyone usually knows who it is before the convention

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FECA

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1974
passed because of Watergate scandal
-created FEC
-created public financing of presidential elections
-public disclosure reports
-limits on contributions
-imposed spending limits

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Buckley v. Valeo ruling

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-challenged FECA under the First Amendment
-upheld limits on contributions
-struck down expenditure limits
-struck down limits on personal spending
-upheld reporting requirements

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McCain-Feingold Act

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made soft $ illegal
prohibited state parties from spending soft money
banned ppl under 18 to make contibutions
no outside ads up until 60 days before election

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soft money

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no limits
political contributions earmarked for party-building expenses at the grass-roots level for generic party advertising.

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direct mail

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finding potential supporters by sending information and a request for money to huge lists of ppl who have supported people with similar views in the past

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PACs

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made by groups of people with the only intent of donating money

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importance of PAC $

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it is important in congressional races because congress is the policy makers