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Consider: How are parties fundamentally different from other
groups in our society?
The Last Word: Assignment 4 due tomorrow;
Fri quiz readings 1-4
What 1000 paintballs being fired looks like…
THE ACTIVITIES OF POLITICAL PARTIES
Unit 3a: AP Government and Politics
RNC 2012
DNC 2012 – Day 3 (last day)
National Conventions – RNC 2008
National Conventions – DNC 2008
11.3Running Candidates for Office
This is what makes political parties “political parties”.
- It is how we differentiate parties from other groups in society.
- We will discuss ballot requirements next topic
Mobilizing support and getting out the vote - Public opinion polls and tracking surveys - Create TV advertisements - “Get out the vote” (GOTV) Election Day activities
The “Ground Game”…using Voter Vault…
In my precinct, we have 895 registered Republicans and 8 PC slots, with all 8 filled. By doing some very basic filtering of the voter records of the voters in my precinct, I was able to determine the following regarding the Republican voters.
Of the 895 Republican voters, 329, or 36.7%, are “perfect voters;” they voted in the last 2 primaries and last 2 general elections.
66 of the total, 7.3%, were “zeroes;” they did not vote at all in the last four elections.
113 of the total, 12.6%, were “1 in fours;” they only voted once in the last four elections.
121 of the total, 13.5%, were “2 in fours;” they only voted twice in the last four elections.
That’s a total of 300, or 33.5%, of the whole. And, we have 20 brand new registered voters who are newly registered in our precinct.
So, the 8 of us have 320 Republican voters we need to go out and “touch” somehow (by touch, I mean call, visit, leave literature at their door, etc.)
http://www.redstate.com/diary/ColdWarrior/2011/09/25/heroes-for-this-election-cycle-and-fun-with-voter-vault/
Political Cookies?
Microtargeting is a new technique being used by some data companies to help candidates and parties use data to GOTV and target voters with ads
http://www.audiencepartners.com/novf/
http://www.campaigngrid.com/
11.3Running Candidates for Office
Raising money Well-developed networks of donors Raise money and disseminate it to candidates
Formulating and Promoting Policy National Party Platform
o Most visible instrument used to formulate, convey, and promote public policy
o Each party develops a lengthy platform outlining its positions
o Programs of 2/3rds of winning party and ½ of losing party at least partly enacted.
Party Unity “scores”