1. Major Parties Democrat Economic Issues –More Government Control Welfare Business Regulation Public Education Social Issues –Less Government Control Legalize marijuana Legalize gay marriage Pro-Choice Republican Economic Issues –Less Government Control Limited Tax and Spending Laissez-Faire Privatization Social Issues –More Government Control

2. Minor Parties Types Ideological Single-Issue Splinter

3. Ideological Parties Seek major changes Examples: –Green: less power for corporations –Communist: end free enterprise –Libertarian: drastically reduce government

4. Single-Issue

5. Splinter Parties Progressive (Bull-Moose Party) –Teddy Roosevelt split from Republican Party –WHO DO YOU THINK WON?

6. Splinter Parties Election 1948 Democrat Republican State’s Rights

7. Independent Candidates Ralph Nader

8. Independent Candidates 1992 Ross Perot

9. Independent Candidates Jesse Ventura –Former gov. of Minnesota

10. Types of Parties Major Democrats Republicans Minor Ideological Single-Issue Splinter

11. Roles of Parties Major Parties Nominate Candidates Organize Government Watchdog Role Minor Parties Influence Major Parties Inspire Laws Spoiler Role -Which type of minor party is the most likely spoiler?

12. What does the recent increase in Independents tell us about the major parties?

13. Your Political Ideology

17. Candidate Nomination Processes Primary- voting by ballot Closed- only party members can vote (PA) Open- non-party members can vote Caucus- gathering of party members

19. Recognized Political Parties in PA Democrat, Republican, and Libertarian Recognition Requirements –Major Parties 15% of registered voters Nominate Candidates through primaries –Minor Parties At least 2% of largest vote cast in at least 10 counties May not use primaries

20. Ballot Access – Party Candidates

21. Ballot Access Minor Party/Independent Candidates Petition = 2% of largest entire vote cast in last election 2016- approx. 111,750 signatures

24. PA Requirements to Vote 18 Citizen for 1 month Resident (of PA and district) for 30 days Who cannot vote? –Currently in prison –Convicted of voter fraud in past 4 years

25. Address and Towns 12 Grimmauld Place 11 Wall Street 4059 Mt. Lee Drive Hollywood, CA 350 5 th Avenue NY, NY Camp Crystal Lake Stars Hallow Pawnee Cloud City

26. Other Voting Terms Precinct versus Polling Place Straight versus Split Ticket Voting Absentee versus Provisional Ballot

27. Draw the Expanding Electorate 1850: Property requirements removed 1870: 15 th Amendment- race 1920: 19 th Amendment- women 1964: 24 th Amendment- ban poll tax 1965: Voting Rights Act- ban literacy test 1971: 26 th Amendment- 18 yrs old

28. Sides Game

29. Strong minor party candidates serve this role (bad for major candidate with most similar views)

30. Major Parties- which ARE true Nominate candidates Serve as “watchdogs” Basis for government organization Were created by the constitution

31. Major parties are weakening due to an increasing number of Americans registering as

32. PA method for nominating candidates

33. Weird Iowa method for nominating candidates

34. Largest special interest group in US

35. Name for interest group members that attempt to persuade members of Congress

36. Banned Literacy Test

37. Request this ballot if you run into trouble on election day

38. Request this ballot, in advance, if you cannot make it to the polls on elections day

39. Example of 1 party system

40. Example of 2 party system

41. Pro-Life Party Single issue or idealogical?

42. Term describing the population eligible to vote

43. General election day?

44. Your _____ determines the ___ _____ at which you vote

45. Women’s suffrage

46. Vote regardless of race

47. Poll tax banned by

48. Gave DC 3 electoral votes

49. 4 requirements to vote in PA

50. Voting for only one party

51. Suffrage- define

52. R or D