GOVERNMENT,CHAPTER 5
POLITICAL PARTIES
POLITICAL PARTY
• #1-WHAT IS A POLITICAL PARTY?
#1-ANSWER POLITICAL PARTY
• A GROUP OF PEOPLE, JOINED TOGETHER ON
BASIS OF CERTAIN COMMON PRINCIPLES,
WHO SEEK TO CONTROL GOVERNMENT IN
ORDER TO SECURE THE ADOPTION OF
CERTAIN PUBLIC POLICES AND PROGRAMS.
#2- MAJOR PARTIES
• MAJOR PARTIES ARE REPUBLICAN AND
DEMOCRAT.
#3-WARD
• WHAT IS A WARD?
#3-ANSWER
• IT IS A UNIT INTO WHICH CITIES ARE OFTEN
DIVIDED FOR THE ELECTION OF A CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
#4-PRECINCT
• WHAT IS A PRECINCT?
#4-ANSWER PRECINCT
• IS THE SMALLEST UNIT OF ELECTION
ADMINISTRATION; THE VOTERS IN EACH
PRECINCT CAST THEIR BALLOTS AT ONE
POLLING PLACE LOCATED WITHIN THE
PRECINCT.
#5- MINOR PARTY
• WHAT ARE MINOR PARTIES?
#5-MINOR PARTIES
• WHAT ARE MINOR PARTIES?
#5-ANSWER MINOR PARTIES
• MINOR PARTIES CAN BE SPLIT INTO FOUR
AREAS.
• IDEOLGICAL
• SINGLE-ISSUE PARTIES
• ECONOMIC PROTEST PARTIES
• SPLINTER PARTIES
#6-CONSENSUS
• WHAT IS A CONSENSUS?
#6-ANSWER- CONSENSUS
• A GENERAL AGREEMENT AMONG VARIOUS
GROUPS- ON MATTERS OF FUNDAMENTAL
IMPORTANCE. THIS HELPS THE TWO PARTY
SYSTEM!
#7- COALITION
• WHAT IS A COALITION?
#7- COALITION
• IS A TEMPORARY ALLIANCE OF SEVERAL
GROUPS WHO COME TOGETHER TO FORM A
WORKING MAJORITY AND SO TO CONTROL A
GOVERNMENT. UNITED KINGDOM (BRITAN)
WOULD BE A EXAMPLE, WITH ITS THREE
MAJOR PARTIES!
#8-PLURALITY
• WHAT IS A PLURALITY?
#8- PLURALITY
• WHAT IS A PLURALITY?
#8-ANSWER PLURALITY
• THE WINNING CANDIDATE IS THE ONE WHO
RECEIVES A PLURALITY OR THE LARGEST
NUMBER OF VOTES CAST FOR THE OFFICE.
NOTE THAT A PLURALITY NEED NOT BE A
MAJORITY, OR MORE THAN HALF OF ALL
VOTES CAST IN ANY GIVEN ELECTION.
• WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE STATE OF LO.
SENATE ELECTION!
#9- ELECTORATE
• WHAT IS A ELECTORATE?
#9- ANSWER ELECTORATE
• THE ELIGIBLE VOTERS!
#10- PLURALISTIC SOCIETY
• WHAT IS A PLURALISTIC SOCIETY?
#10- ANSWER PLURALISTIC SOCIETY
• THE UNITED STATES PEOPLE ARE DIVIDED
INTO MANY DEFFERENT GROUPS. SPECIAL
INTEREST GROUPS (LOBBYIST WHICH
REPRESENT THEM) WITH MONEY HAVE MUCH
POWER TO INFLUENCE PUBLIC POLICY. IT IS
SAID IF YOU DO NOT BELONG TO A
PLURALISTIC GROUP YOU HAVE NO POWER
TO CHANGE!
#11- SPLIT-TICKET-VOTING
• WHAT IS SPLIT-TICKET-VOTING?
#11-ANSWER- SPLIT-TICKET-VOTING
• WHEN A VOTER, VOTES FOR BOTH PARTIES
CANDIDATES.
#12- SPLINTER PARTIES
• WHAT IS A SPLINTER PARTY?
#12-ANSWER SPLINTER PARTIES
• THOSE THAT HAVE SPLIT AWAY FROM ONE OF
THE TWO MAIN PARTIES. EXAMPLES- BULL
MOOSE PARTY, HENRY WALLACE PROGRESSIVE
PARTY, GEORGE WALLACE’S AMERICAN
INDEPENDENT PARTY (1968), DIXIECRAT OR
STATE RIGHTS PARTY(1948)
#13- SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT
• WHAT IS A SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT?
#13-ANSWER SINGLE-MEMBER
DISTRICT
• NEARLY ALL ELECTIONS HELD IN THIS COUNTRYFROM THE PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST TO THOSE AT
THE LOCAL LEVELS – ARE SINGLE-MEMBER
DISTRICT ELECTIONS. THAT IS, THEY ARE
CONTEST IN WHICH ONLY ONE CANDIDATE IS
ELECTED TO EACH OFFICE ON THE BALLOT. THIS
WILL MOST LIKELY FAVOR THE TWO PARTY
SYSTEM. MOST STATES HAVE MADE IT DIFFICULT
FOR OTHERS TO BE ON THE BALLOT! REMEMBER
BOTH PARTIES CONTROL ELECTION LAWS IN
THEIR STATE.
#14-SINGLE-ISSUE PARTY
• WHAT IS A SINGLE-ISSUE PARTY?
#14- ANSWER- SINGLE-ISSUE PARTY
• THESE PARTIES ONLY FOCUS ON ONLY ONE
PUBLIC POLICY MATTER. EXAMPLE- GREEN
PARTY, FREE SOIL PARTY, KNOW NOTHING
PARTY (AMERICAN PARTY)!
#15- ECONOMIC PROTEST PARTIES
• WHAT ARE ECONOMIC PROTEST PARTIES?
#15-ANSWER-ECONOMIC PROTEST
PARTIES
• THEY ARE UP-SET WITH BOTH PARTIES ON
THE ECONOMIC POLICY OF THE COUNTRY.
EXAMPLE- GREENBACK PARTY (1876-1884),
POPULIST PARTY (1890’S), REFORM PARTY
(1992 AND 1996)- ROSS PEROT!
#16- ONE-PARTY SYSTEM
• ANSWER- CHINA, NORTH KOREA AND CUBA!
• NO COMPETITION! NO BILL OF RIGHTS!
#17- IDEOLOGICAL PARTIES
• ANSWER- A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A IDEOLOGICAL
PARTY ARE THE LIBERTARIANS.
• MR. HEARTY WILL TELL YOU ABOUT RON PAUL
WHO RAN IN 2008 AS THE CANDIDATE OF THE
LIBERTARIAN PARTY. MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT WHAT THEY STAND
FOR! HIS SON RAN PAUL IS THE REPUBLICAN
SENATOR FROM KY. AND MOST THINK HE WILL
TRY TO WIN THE NOMINATION IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY IN 2016( CLEVELAND)!
#18-BIPARTISAN
• ANSWER- BOTH PARTIES WORKING
TOGETHER! IT MIGHT BE A BILL THAT THEY
COMPROMISE ON! (FEDERAL, STATE AND
LOCAL LEVELS)
#19- PARTISAN
• ANSWER- BOTH PARTIES ARE FAR APART ON
A BILL! EXAMPLE- INSTEAD OF BOTH PARTIES
WORKING TOGETHER ON HEALTHCARE WE
NOW HAVE OBAMACARE! NO REPUBLICANS
VOTED FOR THIS BILL!
#20- INCUMBENT
• WHAT IS A INCUMBENT?
#20-ANSWER INCUMBENT
• THE CURRENT OFFICEHOLDER RUNNING TO
KEEP HER OR HIS OFFICE!