1. Agenda- 2/28 Unit 3 Lecture 2- Minor Parties (RS)
Isidewith.com Political Survey (LS)
Work on Test Review (RS)
HW: Test review

2. Unit 3 Lecture 2 Minor Parties
-What are the other types of political parties in the United States?
-What roles do those parties serve?
-Will the U.S. stay a two-party system?

3. Crash Course Government- Political Systems
(Start at 6:50 and end at 7:27)

4. What are the types of minor parties in the United States?
Ideological parties- follow a certain set of beliefs, longest lasting minor party (socialists)
Single-issue parties- concentrate on a single public policy matter (Right to Life Party)
Economic protest parties- protest in times of economic hardship, usually have solution or blame (Greenback Party)
Splinter parties- split away from one of the major parties, formed around some strong personality (Bull Moose Party)

5. What roles do minor parties play in American politics?
Critic- bring issues to the forefront of the country by pointing them out first (abortion)
Innovator- first to do something (national convention)
Spoiler- can’t win, but can decide, the presidential election (Perot 1992)

6. Will we always be a two-party system?
Reasons to believe our two-party system is weakening include:
Growing number of independents
Increase in split-ticket voting
Growth of single-issue organizations
Intra-party disagreements
Less reliance on party for campaigning

7. Political Survey
Grab a chrome book and log on while we watch the following:
Crash Course Government- Political Ideology

8.
Take the survey – Be sure to adjust level of importance and always do the “show more” questions at least one time for each topic.
Select “Show my results”
After seeing which Presidential Candidate you align with, click “Party”
Answer the questions on the handout regarding your personal survey results by using the info that you can scroll down through – do this BEFORE you close out the survey ; )