Political Parties - American Politics

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Political Parties

GOVT 1315 Dr. Gary A. Keith Lecture 10

Republican National Committee


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Lecture Outline

I. Party Arenas

II. Party OrganizationIII. Party and Democracy

IV. Party Functions

V. Party Systems


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Party in the Electorate

Party Identification

Approximately one third/one third/one third

Partisanship as Identity


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Youth Vote

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Party in Government

http://dccc.org/

http://nrcc.org/
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Lecture Outline

I. Party Arenas

II. Party OrganizationIII. Party and Democracy

IV. Party Functions

V. Party Systems


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Party HQ

http://www.democrats.org/

http://www.gop.org/

http://www.txdemocrats.org/

http://www.texasgop.org/

http://www.txgreens.org/ http://www.tx.lp.org
http://www.democrats.org/http://www.gop.org/http://www.txdemocrats.org/http://www.texasgop.org/http://www.txgreens.org/http://www.tx.lp.org/http://www.tx.lp.org/http://www.txgreens.org/http://www.texasgop.org/http://www.txdemocrats.org/http://www.gop.org/http://www.democrats.org/


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From Grassroots to National

Conventions Parties organized from the bottom up

Temporary organizationconventions

Permanent organizationcommittees andofficials


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Organization of American Political

Parties http://people.laits.utexas.edu/~fackler/PP/

partyorg/slide1.html
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Lecture Outline

I. Party Arenas

II. Party Organization

III. Party and DemocracyIV. Party Functions

V. Party Systems


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Parties and the Founders

Madison: mischiefs of faction

Washington: Let me now warn you in

the most solemn manner against thebaneful effects of the spirit of party

Madison, Hamilton, Jefferson: faction

organizers


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Parties and Democracy

Schattschneider:

Parties created democracy, anddemocracy is unthinkable without them(in Party Government)


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Parties and Democracy

Gerald Pomper: popular sovereignty,popular consultation, majority rule are all

tied to parties. Responsible Parties

V.O. Key

E.E. Schattschneider

Parties and Madisons economicfactionalism


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Lecture Outline

I. Party Arenas


III. Party and Democracy

IV. Party FunctionsV. Party Systems


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Party functions

1. Electing

2. Representing

3. Organizing

4. Competing

5. Opposing


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1. Electing

One president, from one party

U.S. Senate:

U.S. House:


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2. Representing

Descriptive?

Substantive?


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3. Public Opinion and Democracy

Democracy requires a role for publicopinion

Parties organizepublic opinion

Pressure (interest) groups organizepublicopinion


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4. Parties and Competition

Its not enough to haveAparty

Lack of party competition= suppression of

conflicts.


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5. Government and Opposition

In a democracy, how do you effectivelyoppose the government?

Why would people want to opposegovernment?

What kind of organization and mobilization

of opposition?


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Lecture Outline

I. Party Arenas


III. Party and Democracy

IV. Party Functions

V. Party Systems


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American Partiesand the

march of democracy Burnhams party eras

http://www.laits.utexas.edu/gov310/PP/partysystems/slide1.html
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march of democracy Inevitability of two parties in American

politics

Third Parties

A i P ti d th


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American Partiesand themarch of democracy

Key Third Party Efforts 1848 10% Free Soil (Van Buren)

1856 21% Whig American (Fillmore)

1860 5 parties 1892 9% Populist (Weaver)

1912 27% Progressive (Roosevelt)

6% Socialist (Debs)

1924 17% Progressive (LaFollette)

1968 14% American Independent (Wallace)

1980 7% Independent (Anderson)

1992 19% Independent (Perot)


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march of democracy Inevitability of two parties in American

politics

Third Parties

Competition in a one-party system

Dealignment

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