PEOPLE MAKE A DIFFERENCE CHAPTER 22 AND 23

 Government  Selecting Candidates  Nominate  Setting Goals  Platform  Planks  Providing Leadership  Acting as “Watchdogs”  Citizens  Citizens’ Voice in Government  Informing Citizens  Canvass  Involving Citizens HOW PARTIES HELP

 Federalists  Led by Alexander Hamilton  Wanted a strong national government  Declined in the early 1800s  Democratic-Republicans  Led by Thomas Jefferson  Opposed a strong national government  Farmers and frontier settlers supported  Became the Democratic Party in 1828 OUR TWO-PARTY SYSTEM

 Sometimes formed to support a cause or an idea  Can draw votes away from one of the main parties  Can bring up new ideas or pressing for action on certain issues THE ROLE OF THIRD PARTIES

 Political parties have maintained their strength through a combination of three elements: 1.A system of patronage 2.A central role in election campaigns 3.Voter loyalty  Straight ticket: ballot cast for all the candidates of one party  Split ticket: the practice of voting for candidates of more than one party on the same ballot  Independent voters: people who do not support a particular political party PARTY STRENGTH

 Self nomination: declaring that you are running for office  Write-in candidate: one who asks voters to write his or her name on the ballot  Caucus: is a meeting of party leaders to discuss issues or to choose candidates  Direct primary: is an election in which members of a political party choose candidates to run for office in the name of the party  Closed primary: is a primary in which a voter must be registered as a party member and may vote only in that party’s primary  Open primary: is a primary in which voters do not need to declare a party before voting, but they may vote in only one party’s primary  National Conventions: in a presidential election year, the parties hold their national conventions to vote on nominations, create a party platform, and declare who is running as the nominee for president for that party CHOOSING CANDIDATES

 Primary elections: is an election in which candidates from the same party compete for their party's nomination  General election: is one in which votes make a final decision about candidates or issues GENERAL ELECTIONS

 Must be 18 years old to vote  North Carolina requires voters to register 25 days before any election  Congress set the Tuesday after the first Monday in November **Directions on how to vote will be listed at polling place REGISTRATION

 Posters, bumper stickers, and leaflets  Personal appearances  Direct mail: a way of sending messages to large groups of people through the mail  The internet  Media- television, radio, newspapers, magazines, and advertisements MESSAGES FROM THE CANDIDATES

 Distribute direct mail and media ads to help elect candidates who agree with their views and to defeat candidates who they do not want  May give money to campaigns or lend their names in support of candidates or ballot measures  PACs: groups that promote the members’ interests in state and national politics INTEREST GROUPS

 Propaganda: a message that is meant to influence people’s ideas, opinions, or actions in a certain way  Glittering Generalities:  Card stacking  Plain Folks  Name Calling  Bandwagon  Transfer PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUES

 Bias: favoring of one point of view  Opinion polls: polls that show which candidate voters favor a certain time and why, and what issues voters think are most important NEW MEDIA REPORT ELECTIONS