Chapter 8 Review

 Just a reminder….  How people’s concerns become political issues on the policy agenda  Parties, elections, interest groups, and media Linkage Institutions

 Pick candidates  Run campaigns  Give cues (educate)  Articulate policies  Coordinate policymaking Parties as Linkage Institutions

 Television has taken away some of the power of political parties  Candidates can easily get out their own message  Can directly access voters  Party dealignment  People gradually moving away from both parties Decline in Political Parties

 IDENTIFY with a party  Party identification: a self-proclaimed preference for one party  Many Europeans countries pay for membership  Party image: Voter’s idea of what Dems and Reps stand for Party in the Electorate

 National convention  Every 4 years to choose presidential candidate and party platforms  The supreme power within each of the parties Nat’l Party Organization

 First parties  Federalists and Democratic-Republicans  Federalists died out and D-R became Democrats  Democrats v. Whigs (Northern industrialists and Southern planters)  Republicans (first anti-slavery party, then pro- industrialists) Parties throughout History

 The New Deal Coalition (1932 – 1964)  Urban dwellers, unions, Catholics and Jews, the poor, Southerners, African Americans  1968 – Present  Southern realignment and divided gov’t  1968 – 1992 (Rep. Presidency and Democratic Congress) Parties throughout History

 Present clear goals/policies  All must commit the program  Minority party must say what they would do if THEY were in power  Accept responsibility for government’s performance Responsible Party Model

 Which of the following is NOT TRUE of the relationship between party identification and age?   A.) As of 2008, young Americans age 18 to 24 were more likely to say they were Independents than were older Americans.  B.) As of 2008, older Americans over 65 were more likely to say they were Independents than were younger Americans.  C.) As individuals get older, they are more likely to identify with either the Democrats or the Republicans.  D.) More young Americans age 18 to 24 identify as Independents than identify as Democrats or Republicans.  E.) More Americans age 65 and older identify as Democrats than identify as Independents or Republicans. Practice Question

 As you get older, you are MORE likely to choose a political party  Less independent