2. Political Parties, Elections, and Voting
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6. Major Parties Democrat Republican Economic Issues Economic Issues
Less Government Control
Limited Tax and Spending
Laissez-Faire
Privatization
Social Issues
More Government Control
Economic Issues
More Government Control
Welfare
Business Regulation
Public Education
Social Issues
Less Government Control
Legalize marijuana
Legalize gay marriage
Pro-Choice

7. Roles of Parties Minor Parties Major Parties Nominate Candidates
Organize Government
Watchdog Role
Minor Parties
Influence Major Parties
Inspire Laws
Spoiler Role

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

9. Ideological Parties Seek major changes Multi-Plank Platform Examples:
Green: less power for corporations
Communist: end free enterprise
Libertarian: drastically reduce government

10. Single-Issue
Examples:
Marijuana Party
Right to Life Party

11. Splinter Parties Progressive (Bull-Moose Party)
Teddy Roosevelt split from Republican Party
Taft (R)
Wilson (D)
TR (P)
WHO DO YOU THINK WON?

12. Independent Candidates 1992
Ross Perot

13. Independent Candidates
Jesse Ventura
Former gov. of Minnesota

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

16. Methods of Nomination Primary Caucus Vote at polling place
7:00 am - 8:00 pm
Open: voters can participate in either D or R
Closed:
Dems can participate in Dem. Primary
Reps can participate in Rep. Primary
Caucus
Party members gather
Speeches
Voting

17. Voting Requirements (PA)
Be a United States citizen, be a resident of Pennsylvania and your election district for at least 30 days before the next election
Be at least 18 years of age on the day of the next election.
Must Register at least 30 days prior to election

18. Voter Registration
Prevents fraudulent voting

19. Goals
Register to Vote?
Write Your Polling Place and Precinct on the back
“PA Find Polling Place”
Check a parent’s voter registration status
Agree/Disagree Party Links
“DC Minor Party Links”

20. PA Requirements to Vote18
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 5th 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. Special Ballots Absentee Ballot Provisional Ballot
Can’t make it to polling place
Provisional Ballot
Encounter problem at polling place

28. White Male Property Owners

29. Draw the Expanding Electorate
1850: Property requirements removed
Universal white male suffrage

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

31. 15th Amendment

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

33. 23rd Amendment

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

35. 26th Amendment

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

37. Off-Year Elections Between Presidential election years
President’s party tends to lose seats in Congress