1. Click to add text Political Parties Organization, Participation and Nomination

2. Political Party Group of People Broad Common Interests Organize to Win Elections Control Government Influence Policy

3. One Party System The party is the government Usually founded in nations with Authoritarian Governments Ex. Communist China, North Korea and Cuba Also can take form of a Theocracy, govt. dominated by religious leaders Ex. Iran under Muslim control

4. Multiparty Systems Surprise!Surprise! Many parties with widely different ideologies, beliefs One party rarely receives a majority of votes Form coalition governments, parties combine forces

5. Two-Party Systems Rare 2 major parties dominate Minor parties exist, with little influence

6. Growth of Am. Political Parties Origins Federalists=Strong Federal Govt. Democratic Republicans= Strong State Govt. By 1828, Conflicts over major issues ie., banking, tariffs, and slavery split the Democratic Republicans into two parties. Democrats National Republicans, Whigs

7. Modern Political Party Control After the Civil War, Republicans dominated Politics, Democrats held the Presidency for only 4 terms from 1860-1932 Great Depression ended Republican control With FDR's election in 1932, Democrats held the majority for 50 years

8. Third parties The red-headed step child of Political Parties Minor Parties Run against two more powerful parties Almost exclusive to the U.S. 3 Types Single-Issue=Focus exclusively on one issue Ideological Party=Focus on overall change in society, not one issue Splinter=Splits away from a major party because of disagreement

9. Third Party Impact/ Obstacles Can influence elections, pulling votes from major parties Democrat and Republican names automatically appear on ballots, Third parties must petition Difficult to raise funds No national, recognizable image

10. Click to add text Party Organization and Function

11. Political Party Organization Democrats and Republicans are organized into 50 state parties Each party has thousands of local parties as well Local, state and national parties work together, but raise their own funds

12. Party Membership In most states voters declare their party affiliation when they register to vote You do not have to declare a party affiliation to vote, you may declare your self an independent, not supporting either major party People who belong to a particular party support most of the party's platform, or ideology

13. Local Party Organization Basic, most local is the precinct, a voting district ranging from a few to a thousand Several adjoined precincts create a ward Each ward selects a person to represent the ward at the party's county committee The county committee selects a chairperson to handle the party's daily affairs

14. State Party Organization Most important part is the State Central Committee Chooses the party's state chairperson Main role is to help get party candidates elected for state government offices

15. National Party Organization Two main parts National Convention – Gathering of local and state officials every four years to primarily nominate the party's Presidential and VP candidate National committee – Large group mainly of representatives from the 50 states ' party organizations, run the party

16. Click to add text Nominating Candidates for Office

17. How Candidates are Selected