Political Parties Functions And Funding Flashcards
What is a political party ?
An organised group of ppl who have the same ideology.
What are the 7 main functions of political parties
Making policy Representation Selecting candidates Identifying leaders Organising elections Political education Reinforcing consent
Define aggregation
Process undertaken by (mostly leading) political parties of converting policies and ideas into practical policy programmes for the govt.
What are populist parties?
A political movement represented by an official political party that appeals to ppl’s emotions which tends to find supporters among sections of community that feel they haven’t been represented by conventional politics or politicians
what is short money?
money allocated to opposition parties for their work in the HOC’s on the basis of the no. of seats they have.
cranborne money?
subsidises the work of secretary carried out by the opposition parties in the HOL
Money spent by the Conservatives on their 2017 campaign in total?
£18.5 m
Money spent by Labour on 2017 campaign in total?
£11 m
Money spent by Lib dem on 2017 campaign?
£6.8 m
How much spent by the Cons. on advertising?
Facebook- £2.1 m
How much spent by lab. on advertising?
facebook- slightly over £500,000
Money was also spent on other things by cons. and labour. ?
labour- direct mail leaflets - £624,000
Cons. - Political consultancy- £500,000 with pc Messina group
How much spent by Lib Dem on advertising?
£244,000 on facebook
how much short money was allocated to the labour party for the year 2017-2018 compared to SNP ?
more than £6 m while SNP got a lil more than £600,000
Donations- how much received by cons. compared to labour?
Cons got £25 m while labour - £10 m
