Ch.5 Political Parties Sam Jones Jade Gaddi

Section 1: Parties and What They Do Political Party Major Parties Bonding Agents Party in Power Partisanship

Political Party A political party is a group of people who seek to control government through the winning of elections and holding of public office. This description goes for any type of political party.

Major Parties In America we have two major parties. Democrat and Republican. The goals of these major parties are to control government in order to affect certain public policies and programs.

Bonding Agents The idea of a bonding agent is that it protects a person or company against loss caused by a third party. Basically the bonding "ensures" that person or company.

Party In Power In America, the party in power is the party that controls the executive branch of government, the presidency at national level or governorship at the state level.

Partisanship To be partisanship means to have strong support for your party.

Section 1: Parties and What They Do. There are two major parties in poloitics. Republican and Democratic. They are a group of persons, joined together on the basis of common principles, who seek to control government in order to affect certain public policies and programs. When nominating a candidate is a major function of a political party. Candidates must be recruited and choosen. There is a thing called a agent bond, this is an agreement which protects a person or company againsts loss caused by a third party. There is a name for the people who don't win and criticizes the party of power, they are called watchdogs.

Section 2: The Two-Party System Minor Party Two-Party System Single-Member District Plurality Bipartisan Pluralistic Society Consensus Multiparty Coalition One-Party System

Minor Party A minor party is a one of the parties that isn't supported with worldwide voters. Minor parties often get outshone by the two major parties.

Two-Party System There has always been a two party system from the post civil war years to the 1960's. No one reason can fully explain why there has always been two parties. The two party system has been here since the beginning of the nation itself. The first two parties were the federalists and the anti-federalist. The negative part about the two party system is that those to parties are the two main major parties and minor parties complain that they don't get as much head way as they do so they aren't ever heard.

Single-Member District There are several features of the electoral system. The most important one are the single-member districts. Almost all of the elections in this country from the presidential election to elections at local levels are single-member district elections. A single-member election is when one candidate is elected to each office on the ballot.

Plurality The winner of the election recieves a plurality or the largest number of votes cast for the office. Plurality isn't the same thing as majority.

Bipartisan This is when the two major parties find common ground to agree on and work together. Basically they shape the laws in their favor so that it protects, preserves, and defends them. Doing this makes it harder for minor parties to get their candidate

Pluralistic Society Is when the members of various ethnic, racial, religious, and other social groups compete for the share in the exercise of political power in this country.

Consensus A general agreement among various groups on fundamental matters.

Multiparty This is were several major parties and many lesser parties exist, seriously compete for, and actually win, public offices. This is most seen in European democracies like Italy.

Coalition This is when temporary alliance is of several groups who come together to form a working majority and so to control a government. " I’m supporting the Coalition for Change. The Coalition will deliver the economic stimulus we need to kick-start the economy. The Coalition will invest where we need it most – in people." - Stephen Harper

One-Party System In any type of dictatorship today only one political party is allowed, and that is a one-party system it is really a no-party system.

Section 3: The Two-party System in American History Incumbent Factions Electorate Sectionalism

Incumbent Is just the current office holder. For example the 1800's Jeferson defeated the incumbent and won control of congress.

Factions Are c onflicting groups within a political party.

Electorate An electorate give the people eligibility to vote. This gave the republicans a chance to maintain their role as the dominate party in the national politics for another three decades.

Sectionalism This is when there is a devotion to a particular region.

Fun Facts For Section 3 Did you know Abraham lincoln was the first President from the Republican Party? Did you know Thomas Jefferson was the first president from the Democratic Party?

Section 4: The Minor Parties Ideological Single-Issue Economic Protest Splinter

Ideological Parties Is a party set of beliefs. For example the socialist, socialist labor, socialist worker, and communist parties.

Single-Issue Parties This party only focuses on only one public-policy. Their name is usually their main concern, for example like the Free Soil Party.

Fun Fact About the Single-Issue Party They were also known as the "Know Nothings"

Economic Protest Parties This party is a group that has not really a clue about whats really going on. They just proclaim their discuss with major parties, and demand better times. They focus their anger on imagined enemies like the Wall Street bankers, the railroads, and foreign imports.

Splinter Parties These are parties that have split away from their major parties. Most of the important minor parties are splinter parties.

Section 5: Party Organization Ward- A unit into which cities are often divided for the election sity council members. Precinct- Smallest unit of election administration Split-ticket voting- Voting for candidates of different parties for different offices The two parties have been slowly decreasing or losing influence since the 1960s.

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