Political Parties
By: Kelly Ellis
Purpose of Political Parties:
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A Political Party is a group of people that share similar beliefs
about how the government should be run and how issues our
country faces should be solved.
The general purpose of a Political party is to nominate
candidates for public office and get as many as possible elected.
The 2-party system has two major political parties that hold all
the power. These parties are the Democrats and the
Republicans.
Roles of Political Parties:
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Nominate Candidates: Political parties are responsible for selecting
candidates who will run for political office, support the party and spread
message during elections.
Influence Policy: Senate and House of Representative work together to
create and pass laws. People in parties want government policies to reflect
their own party platform.
Unite Government: People are in the same political parties and are
connected with people of the same organization. They link members at
different levels of government to accomplish big goals of the party.
Create Balance: Most powerful political party is the majority; focus the
government’s attention to the party’s platform; minority works hard to
oppose the majority party to keep it in check. Opposing party will protect
interest of it’s party supporters.
Inform Citizens: Political Parties run campaigns for candidates by
broadcasting thru media and speeches. Enables people to understand what
the political issues are and how government works. Information distributed
is biased toward its own party platform.
Third Parties:
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Third Parties are a body of ideas put
forth by a person or group.
Examples of 3rd parties:
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Green Party
Constitution Party
Independent Party
Beliefs of Democrats:
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The Democrats believe in equality, the
individual rights of citizens. They also
believe that it is the federal government
responsibility should be involved in
solving problems.
Beliefs of Republicans:
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Republicans believe that the
government should protect the
traditional social values of citizens. They
also believe that the people and
businesses should have the right to do
what they want to without the
government interfering.