1. American Government McGraw- Hill © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1998 National Convention (Meets every 4 years) Chairperson of National Committee National Committee (Drawn from each state) State Central Committee (Selects delegates to national convention) County or City Committee Ward Committee (Precinct captains) Local precinct workers House Campaign Committee (Chair elected by House party members) Organization of American political parties From McKenna: The Drama of Democracy, 3rd Ed.

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3. American Government McGraw- Hill © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1998 Strongest third party finishes Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)27.39% Eugene V. Debs (Socialist) 5.99% Eugene W. Chafin (Prohibition) 1.38% Woodrow Wilson (D)41.84% William H. Taft (R) 23.18% H. Ross Perot (Independent)18.90% Bill CLinton (D)43.00% George Bush (R) 37.40% Robert M. La Follette (Progressive)16.56% Calvin Coolidge (R)54.06% John W. Davis (D) 28.84% George C. Wallace (American Independent)13.53% Richard M. Nixon (R)43.42% Hubert M. Humphrey (D) 42.72% H. Ross Perot (Reform) 8.40% Bill Clinton (D)49.30% Bob Dole (R)40.70% John B. Anderson (Independent) 6.60% Ronald Reagan (R)50.70% Jimmy Carter (D) 41.00% Allan B. Benson (Socialist) 3.18% J. Frank Hanley (Prohibition) 1.19% Woodrow Wilson (D)49.24% Charles E. Hughes (R) 46.11% Eugene V. Debs (Socialist) 2.98% Silas C. Swallow (Prohibition) 1.91% Theodore Roosevelt (R)56.41% Alton Parker (D) 37.60% Eugene V. Debs (Socialist) 2.82% Eugene W. Chafin (Prohibition) 1.70% William H. Taft (R) 51.58% William J. Bryan (D)43.05% J. Strom Thurmond (States’ Rights Democrat) 2.40% Henry A. Wallace (Progressive) 2.38% Harry S. Truman (D)49.51% Thomas E. Dewey(R) 45.12% Norman M. Thomas (Socialist) 2.22% Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)57.42% Herbert C. Hoover (R) 36.64% William Lemke (Union) 1.96% Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)60.79% Alfred M. Landon (R) 36.54% John C, Woolley (Prohibition) 1.50% William McKinley (R)51.67% William J. Bryan (D) 45.51% John G. Schmitz (American) 1.40% Richard M. Nixon (R)60.69% George S. McGovern (D) 37.53% 1912 1992 1924 1968 1996 1980 1916 1904 1908 1936 1948 1932 1900 1972 Sources: Congressional Quarterly Guide to US Elections 2nd ed. (1985) pp. 345-49, 351, 353-54, 357, 362-65; Congressional Quarterly Almanac 1992 p. 7A; Almanac 1996 pp. 11- 16.

4. American Government McGraw- Hill © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1998 Southern whitesAll whites Southern whites All whitesAll blacks Three presidential elections; shifting choices Southern whites Source: The Gallup Report, report No. 278, November 1988; New York Times, November 5, 1992, p. B9 and November 10, 1996, Sec. I, p.20. Reprinted with permission. 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 196019641996 Year Percent DemocraticRepublicanPerot in 1996

5. American Government McGraw- Hill © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1998 A critical election: 1932 F.D. Roosevelt (D)47222,821,857 Hoover (R) 5915,761,841 Electoral Popular WA 8 OR 5 NV 3 CA 22 UT 4 AZ 3 NM 3 TX 23 OK 11 KS 9 NE 7 SD 4 ND 4 MT 4 ID 4 WY 3 CO 6 MO 15 IA 11 MN 11 WI 12 IL 29 KY 11 TN 11 AL 11 MS 9 MI 19 OH 26 IN 14 AR 9 LA 10 GA 12 FL 7 SC 8 NC 13 VA 11 PA 36 NY 47 ME 5 DE 3 VT 3 RI 4 NJ 16 WV 8 NH 4 MD 8 CT 8 MA 17 From McKenna: The Drama of Democracy, 3rd Ed.

6. American Government McGraw- Hill © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1998 From McKenna: The Drama of Democracy, 3rd Ed.

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