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1 Chapter 9: Political Parties

2 Explain how US Political Parties differ from those of other Western Nations. Discuss some of the major causes of these differences Answer on next slide

3 Less control over nominations: primary elections
Less control over campaigns: candidates get funds independently Less control of elected members Factors: decentralization of federal system, regulation of parties by state and federal laws, separation of legislative and executive powers

4 Question 2 ( ) Explain how the attitudes and traditions of American voters reinforce the institutional and legal factors that make American parties relatively weak. Answers on next slide

5 Question 2 (Answer) Parties are rarely important in the life of an average citizen Membership means supporting by vote Parties are kept separate from other aspects of our lives Americans resent partisanship infecting other aspects of their lives

6 QUESTION Explain the attitudes of the Founders toward political parties and how they came into existence? ( )

7 ANSWER Factions, George Washington and his Farewell Address
Jefferson and Hamilton Disentangling opposition to particular policies from opposition to newly formed government Jeffersonian Republicans: a “temporary” arrangement which encouraged the organization of the Federalists

8 QUESTION List and explain the five kinds of party organizations described in the text. Give examples of each. ( )

9 ANSWER The Machine: use of tangible incentives; Chicago, Philadelphia, Albany Ideological Parties: principle above all else; Socialist, Prohibition, Libertarian Solidary Groups: sociability; ward and town organizations in St. Louis Sponsored Parties: external organization supports; Detroit Democrats Personal followings: devotion to a politician

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