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Chapter Nine Political Parties

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.9 | 2 Political Parties A party is a group that seeks to elect candidates to public office by supplying them with a label (party identification), by which they are known to the electorate United States parties have become weaker as labels, sets of leaders, and organizations

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.9 | 3 Parties in the US Candidates are now chosen through primaries, not by party leaders

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.9 | 4 The Rise and Decline of Parties The founders disliked parties, viewing them as factions During the Jacksonian era political participation became a mass phenomenon From the Civil War until the 1930s most states were dominated by one party Progressives pushed measures to curtail parties’ power and influence

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.9 | 5 The Results of Reform The worst forms of political corruption were reduced All political parties were weakened; parties became less able to hold officeholders accountable or to coordinate across the branches of government

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.9 | 6 Kinds of Parties Political machine: a party organization that recruits members via tangible incentives Solidary groups: members are motivated by solidarity incentives

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.9 | 7 Kinds of Parties Sponsored parties: created or sustained by another organization Personal following: requires an appealing personality, an extensive network, name recognition, and money

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.9 | 8 Reasons for the Two Party System Electoral system—winner-take-all and plurality system limit the number of parties Opinions of voters—two broad coalitions work, although there may be times of bitter dissent

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.9 | 9 Minor Parties Ideological parties: comprehensive, radical view; most enduring One-issue parties: address one concern, avoid others Economic protest parties: protest economic conditions Factional parties: from split in a major party, usually over the party’s presidential nominee

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