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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
http://www.thenextright.com/kristen-soltis/the-vanishing-young-republicans
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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/8/10/2019 Political Parties - American Politics
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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
II. Party Organization
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
II. Party Organization
III. Party and Democracy
IV. Party Functions
V. Party Systems
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American Partiesand the
march of democracy Burnhams party eras
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American Partiesand the
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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American Partiesand the
march of democracy Inevitability of two parties in American
politics
Third Parties
Competition in a one-party system
Dealignment