1. POLITICAL PARTIES ORGANIZATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH
COMMON INTEREST WHO ORGANIZE
TO WIN ELECTIONS, TO OPERATE THE GOVM’T & THEREBY INFLUENCE GOVM’T POLICY

2. EARLY AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES
AMERICA HAS HAD A TWO PARTY SYSTEM FOR MANY YEARS, BUT THERE ARE OTHER POLITICAL PARTY SYSTEMS:
TWO PARTY
Democratic and Republican
MULTI PARTY
Three or more parties Canada (3) Germany (5) Israel (20+)
ONE PARTY
People and government are the same China (Communist Party)

3. EARLY AMERICAN PARTIES
FEDERALIST
LED BY ALEXANDER HAMILTON
STRONG CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
LIKE/WANTED CONSTITUTION

4. EARLY AMERICAN PARTIES
ANTI- FEDERALIST
THOMAS JEFFERSON LED
LIMIT POWER OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT (FEDERAL GOVERNMENT)
BELIEVED IN STATES RIGHTS
BELIEVED IN INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS (BILL OF RIGHTS)
BECAME THE DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICANS

5. EARLY AMERICAN PARTIES
WHIGS:
1830s OPPOSITION TO DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICANS
DEMOCRATS:
WHAT WAS LEFT OF DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICANS
THESE SPLIT OVER ISSUE OF SLAVERY IN 1854

6. EARLY AMERICAN PARTIES
DEMOCRATS: 1854
PRO SLAVERY SOUTHERN PARTY
REPUBLICANS
ANTI SLAVERY NORTHERN PARTY
PARTY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN - NO SOUTHERN STATE VOTED FOR LINCOLN - SO FELT HE DID NOT REPRESENT THEM - SO THEY SECCEEDED FROM THE UNION (CIVIL WAR)

7. THIRD PARTIES ROLE IN USA
SMALL PARTIES THAT DO NOT WIN MAJOR ELECTIONS BUT DO INFLUENCE OUT SOCIAL, ECONOMIC OR POLITICAL LIFE
SINGLE ISSUE: 1 THING
IDEOLOGICAL: IDEALS
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES: PERSON

8. THIRD PARTIES ROLE IN USA
POPULIST PARTY
FARMERS & LABORERS
DIRECT ELECTION OF SENATORS: 17 AMEND
8 HOUR WORKDAY

9. THIRD PARTIES ROLE IN USA
PROGRESSIVE PARTY
BULL MOOSE PARTY
DIRECT PRIMARY TO GIVE MORE VOICE IN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
INITIATIVE
REFERENDUM

10. THIRD PARTIES ROLE IN USA
PROHIBITION PARTY
SINGLE ISSUE PARTY
DON’T LAST LONG
FADE AWAY WHEN ISSUE NO LONGER IMPORTANT
AGAINST DRINKING ALCOHOL

11. THIRD PARTIES ROLE IN USA
SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY
IDEOLOGICAL PARTY BASED ON SOCIALISM WHERE GOVERNMENT HAS MUCH CONTROL OVER LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS

12. THIRD PARTIES ROLE IN USA
COMMUNIST PARTY
IDEOLOGICAL PARTY BASED ON KARL MARX COMMUNIST IDEALS WHERE GOVERNMENT OWNS ALL MEANS OF PRODUCTION

13. THIRD PARTIES ROLE IN USA
LIBERTARIAN PARTY
IDEOLOGICAL PARTY BASED IDEA THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT BE INVOLVED IN PEOPLES LIVES

14. THIRD PARTIES ROLE IN USA
INDEPENDENT
NO PARTY AFFILIATION
RUN WITHOUT PARTY BACKING
H. ROSS PEROT 1992

15. THIRD PARTIES ROLE IN USA
REFORM PARTY
IDEALOGICAL PARTY THAT PROMOTES REFORMS IN SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT
ROSS PEROT 1996

16. THIRD PARTIES ROLE IN USA
THESE DO NOT WIN MAJOR ELECTIONS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY OR NUMBERS TO WIN BUT THEY ARE GAINING POWER

17. PARTY SYSTEMS IN WORLD TWO PARTY SYSTEM: USA & GREAT BRITIAN
MULTI PARTY SYSTEM:
GERMANY (5), ISREAL (20+), CANADA (30)
COALITITION GOVERNMENTS
ONE PARTY SYSTEM:
CHINA, CUBA, NORTH KOREA, VIETNAM

18. DIFFERNCES IN TWO PARTIES OF USA
WHAT PARTY’S SYMBOL?

19. DIFFERNCES IN TWO PARTIES OF USA
WHAT PARTY’S SYMBOL?
NICKNAME: GRAND OLD PARTY

20. DIFFERNCES IN TWO PARTIES OF USA
WHAT PARTY’S PLATFORM?
PRO LIFE
DEATH PENALTY GOOD
LESS INVOLVEMENT
TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT ECONOMY
RIGHT TO GUNS
AGAINST GAY MARRIAGES
WHAT PARTY’S PLATFORM?
PRO ABORTION
LIMIT DEATH PENALTY
GOVM’T REGULATION OF ECONOMY
HIGHER TAXES
MORE INVOLVEMENT IN LIFE
GUN CONTROL

21. DIFFERNCES IN TWO PARTIES OF USA
WHAT PARTY’S PLATFORM?
DEMOCRATS
WHAT PARTY’S PLATFORM?
REPUBLICANS

22. WHAT PARTY?

23. WHAT PARTY?

24. ORGANIZATION OF THE AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES
CH 9 SECT 2:
ORGANIZATION OF THE AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES

25. NATIONAL PARTY ORGANIZATION
EACH PARTY HAS A NATIONAL COMMITTEE
RAISE FUNDS PRESIDENT AND ORGANIZE NATIONAL CONVENTION
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE
TIM KAINE NATIONAL CHAIRPERSON
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
REINCE PRIEBUS NATIONAL CHAIRPERSON

26. NATIONAL CONVENTION
MOST IMPORTANT JOB IS TO NOMINATE A CANDIDATE TO RUN FOR THE PARTY IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
HELD ONE EVERY __ YEARS
USUALLY ONLY WORK ON NATIONAL ELECTIONS

27. STATE PARTY ORGANIZATION
50 OF THESE FOR EACH PARTY
NC DEMOCRATIC PARTY
NC REPUBLICAN PARTY
KEY JOB: GET CANDIDATES ELECTED TO STATE OFFICES AND SOMETIMES HELP IN NATIONAL ELECTIONS
GOVERNOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE LEGISLATORS, ETC

28. LOCAL PARTY ORGANIZATIONS
1000s OF THESE FOR BOTH PARTIES
ROBESON COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY
ROBESON COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY
WORK ON ALL THREE LEVEL ELECTIONS
NATIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL

29. LOCAL PARTY ORGANIZATIONS
DIVISIONS OF LOCAL LEVELS
PRECINCT: GEOGRAPHICAL AREA THAT CONTAINS A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF VOTERS
ONE MAN, ONE VOTE
SMALL TOWN/CITY, NEIGHBORHOODS
WARDS: SEVERAL PRECINCTS TOGETHER

30. LOCAL PARTY ORGANIZATIONS
POLITICAL MACHINES:
STRONG LOCAL PARTY ORGANZATIONS THAT HAVE LITTLE OR NO OPPOSITION
NYC: TAMMANY HALL: «BOSS TWEED »
RICH: KICKBACKS AND BRIBES
FAILS TO REPRESENT/LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE
MOST MEMBER ENDED UP IN PRISON

31. MEMBERSHIP IN POLITCAL PARTIES
DO NOT HAVE TO JOIN
DO NOT HAVE TO VOTE FOR PARTY CANDIDATE IF YOU ARE A MEMBER
REPUBLICAN COULD HAVE VOTED FOR OBAMA IF THEY WANTED TO
STATES DIFFER ON WHEN YOU REGISTER FOR PARTY MEMBERSHIP
SOME WHEN YOU REGISTER TO VOTE**

32. ROLE OF POLITICAL PARTIES
MAIN ROLE:
GET THEIR CANDIDATES ELECTED TO OFFICE
OR NOMINATED TO RUN FOR OFFICE SO THEY CAN GET ELECTED

33. ROLE OF POLITICAL PARTIES
ELECTION PROCESS
PRIMARY ELECTIONS
5/6 MONTH BEFORE GENERAL ELECTIONS
OPEN OR CLOSED
RUNOFFS IF NO ONE RECEIVES A MAJORITY IN SOME STATES
GENERAL ELECTIONS
NOVEMBER FIRST TUESDAY AFTER THE FIRST MONDAY 33

34. INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE
NO PARTY AFFILIATION SO HOW DO THEY GET ON THE BALLOT?
PETITION 34

35. ROLES OF POLITICAL PARTIES
GET CANDIDATE ELECTED TO OFFICE
CAMPAIGNING FOR CANDIDATE
INFORMING GOVERNMENT OF PEOPLE’S IDEAS
HELPING MANAGE GOVERNMENT
LINKING DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
ACT AS A WATCHDOG OVER GOVERNMENT 35

36. CH 10 SECTION 1
WHO CAN VOTE????

37. CAN YOU???? 18 YEARS OLD RESIDENT OF NC FOR 30 DAYS CITIZEN OF USA
REGISTERED TO VOTE

38. VOTER REGISTRATION REGISTRATION: 1995 MOTOR VOTER BILL 30 DAYS DMV
CLINTON
OTHER PROGRAMS THAT HELP REGISTRATION

39. STEPS IN VOTING POLLING PLACE: WHERE YOU GO TO VOTE:
MARIETTA COMMUNITY BUILDING
FAIRMONT: POLICE STATION OR LIBRARY
ROWLAND: POLICE STATION
7AM TO 8 PM

40. STEPS IN VOTING
PRECINCT: GEOGRAPHICAL AREA MADE UP OF PROPORTIONATLY EQUAL NUMBERS OF VOTERS
EACH PRECINCT HAS A POLLLING PLACE

41. AT THE POLLS CLERKS TABLE: BALLOT:
TELL NAME, CHECK OFF AND GIVE BALLOT (ONLY CHECK POLITICAL PARTY WHEN?)
BALLOT:
THE DOCUMENT YOU VOTE ON
DIFFERENT KINDS EXIST AND EACH LOCAL ELECTION BOARD DETERMINES THE BALLOT FORMS

42. CASTING THE VOTE: VOTING MACHINES
LEVER MACHINE

43. CASTING THE VOTE: VOTING MACHINES
PAPER BALLOT OPTICALLY READ (BUBBLES)

44. CASTING THE VOTE: VOTING MACHINES
COMPUTER BALLOT

45. CASTING THE VOTE: VOTING MACHINES
PUNCH CARD BALLOT

46. ABSENTEE VOTING
ABSENTEE BALLOT: USED IF YOU CAN NOT POSSIBILLY GET TO THE POLLING PLACE ON ELECTION DAY
ELECTION BOARD TO GET
MAIL TO YOU TODAY

47. COUNTING THE BALLOT
RETURNS: OFFICIAL COURTS OF ELECTION POLLS => CERTIFIED BY STATE
COUNTED AT POLLING PLACE
COUNTED AT COUNTY LEVEL
COUNTED AT STATE LEVEL AND CERTIFIED
EXIT POLLS UNOFFICIAL COUNTS

48. WHY YOUR VOTE MATTERS??? ELECTORATE: PEOPLE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE
APATHY: LACK OF INTEREST NOBODY CARES

49. CH 10.2: ELECTION CAMPAIGN
TYPES OF ELECTIONS

50. GENERAL ELECTIONS FIRST TUESDAY AFTER THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER
SUPER TUESDAY
WHO IS ELECTED?
OFFICIALS AT ALL LEVELS

51. VOTING ON ISSUES
INITIATIVE: PEOPLE DRIVEN GRASSROOTS PROJECT THAT ENDS UP ON BALLOT
PROPOSITION: ITEM PUT ON BALLOT FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE ON
REFERENDUM: GOVERNMENT DRIVEN MOVEMENT & PUT ON BALLOT

52. SPECIAL ELECTIONS
RECALL: VOTE TO GET RID OF AN ELECTED OFFICIAL AT STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS
RUNOFFS: PRIMARY ELECTIONS TO DECIDE WHO WILL WIN MAJORITY IF NO ONE DID IN FIRST PRIMARY

53. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
NOMINATION: NATIONAL NOMINATION CONVENTION (NATIONAL CONVENTION)
CAMPAIGNING
VOTING
POPULAR VOTE
ELECTORAL VOTE
COUNTED

54. REVIEW
List 3 ways the Democratic and Republican Party differ.

55. Elections and Public Opinion
Chapter 10 Section 3

56. Paying for elections
Takes a great deal of money ($3 Billion every 4 years) to run a successful campaign. Campaigns convince the public to vote for a particular candidate. Campaign workers use several techniques to accomplish their goals.

57. Campaigning
Canvassing- door-to-door to solicit voters or neighborhoods.
Endorsements- Famous and popular person supports candidate
Advertising- Create an image to present to public on TV, posters, ads
Propaganda-use of emotions to convince citizens to vote a certain way

58. Financing Campaign Public Funding: Presidential Campaign Election Fund
Private Funding: Individual citizens, party organizations, corporations, interest groups, soft money donations and PAC’s
Soft Money- Money given to political party and no designed for a particular candidate. Used for National TV ads.
PAC’s (Political Action Committee)- Way for labor unions, special-interest groups and corporations to donate money legally.

59. Public Opinion
Ideas and attitudes that most people hold about elected officials, candidates, government and political issues
Helps shape decisions of presidents
Not uniform-everyone does not hold the same opinion

60. Influences on Public Opinion
1. Personal Background-religion, age, race, socio-economic
2. Mass Media-newspapers, TV, radio, Internet
3. Public Officials- president, senators, mayor
4. Interest Groups

61. MISNOMER: WRONG NAME WATCH DID EVERYONE HAVE SAME OPINION?
CH 11: PUBLIC OPINION
MISNOMER: WRONG NAME
WATCH
DID EVERYONE HAVE SAME OPINION?

62. PUBLIC OPINION IDEAS OR OPINIONS THAT MOST PEOPLE HOLD ABOUT AN ISSUE
AREAS THAT HAVE AN IMPACT ON YOUR PUBLIC OPINION
PERSONAL BACKGROUND
MASS MEDIA
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
INTEREST GROUPS
HOBBIES
ETC

63. COMPONENTS OF PUBLIC OPINION
DIRECTION: POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE
INTENSITY: STRENGTH OF THE OPINION YOU HOLD ON A GIVEN ISSUE
STABILITY: HOW FIRMLY PEOPLE HOLD TO THEIR VIEWS

64. MEASURES OF PUBLIC OPINION
POLLS: WHERE YOU ARE ASKED HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT A SUBJECT IN A SERIES OF QUESTIONS
I CAN CREATE WHAT POSITION I WANT BY ASKING THE QUESTION THE RIGHT WAY: LOADED QUESTIONS
RANDOM SAMPLES: 1500 PEOPLE
POLLS IMPORTANT TO DEMOCRACY

65. CHAPTER 11.2 THE MASS MEDIA TYPES OF MEDIA
PRINT MEDIA: NEWSPAPERS, MAG, BOOKS
ELECTRONIC MEDIA:INTERNET, PHONES, TV

66. MEDIA’S IMPACT SET PUBLIC AGENDA
CANDIDATES AND ELECTIONS: MEDIA BIAS IN FAVOR OF WHAT PARTY?????
ELECTED OFFICIALS: LEAKS INFO ABOUT THEM
WATCHDOG ROLE:
MEDIA & NATIONAL SECURITY: CAREFUL

67. PROTECTING THE MEDIA JOHN PETER ZENGER CASE: FREEDOM OF PRESS
SCHENCK V. US CASE
FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOM OF SPEECH PROTECTS AGAINST GOVM’T ISSUEING PRIOR RESTRAINT: GOVM’T CENSORSHIP OF MATERIAL BEFORE IT IS PUBLISHED: CANNOT DO THIS
OBAMA’S WAR ON FOX NEWS CHANNEL IS THIS UNCONSTITUTIONAL???? HELD MEETING IN WHITE HOUSE AND DID NOT AND DOES NOT HAVE A CORESPONDENCE WITH THIS MEDIA CENTER????

68. CHAPTER 11. 3: INTEREST GROUPS
WHAT IS AN INTEREST GROUP? GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT JOIN TO GETHER TO PROMOTE SOME ISSUE THEY AGREE ON
TYPES:
ECONOMIC INTEREST GROUPS
PRIVATE INTEREST GROUPS
SPECIAL CAUSE INTEREST GROUPS
PUBLIC INTEREST GROUPS

69. INFLUENCE ON GOVM’T ELECTION ACTIVITIES: PACS GOING TO COURT
LOBBYING LAWMAKERS: LOBBYIST

70. TECHNIQUES OF INTEREST GROUPS
ENDORSEMENTS
STACKED CARDS
NAME CALLING
GLITTERING GENERALITIES
SYMBOLS
JUST PLAIN FOLKS
BANDWAGON

71. REGULATION OF THESE GROUPS
FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN ACT OF 1971
FEERAL REGULATION OF LOBBBYING ACT OF 1946