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Party definition

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Group of people with similar opinions and policy aims who try to win elections by fielding candidate

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Functions of party

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Stability
Coordination of government
Aggregation of demand
Conciliation of groups
Staffing of government
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3 Different parties

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Party of Electorate
Party of Government
Party of Organisations

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What are the characteristics of the Party of the Electorate

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Less aligned to party- candidate centred
More ideological
Not as numerous as before

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Where does power of the Party of the Electorate come from?

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Primaries- allows the electorate to choose the candidates that represent them and so are much more extreme compared to the establishment.

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Characteristics of Party of Government

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No single ideology
Made up of representatives
Based around candidates

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Characteristics of Party of Organisation

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National Committees
Patronage
Not as influential?

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Examples of ‘Electorate’ candidates

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Bernie Sanders

Donald Trump

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Examples of ‘Government’ candidates

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John McCain

Marco Rubio

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Examples of ‘Organisation’ candidates

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Jeb Bush

Hilary Clinton

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Who wrote the ‘Party’s Over’ in 1971?

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David Broder

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What is the main view of the PO thesis?

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Internal disintegration of parties

Increase role of interest groups

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Examples of internal disintegration

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Primaries

Less policy cohesion

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Examples of how primaries decrease power of party

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Donald Trump- outsider, chosen by enthused base

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Examples to counter primaries decreasing power

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Hilary Clinton- insider, chosen by party insiders, DNC corruption

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Examples to counter less policy cohesion

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Contract with America
6 for ‘06
Obamacare

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Examples show less policy cohesion

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Ted Cruz vs Trump on LGBT
Rubio vs Trump on immigration
Clinton vs Sanders on government intervention
100 Party Thesis

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How do primaries decrease power?

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Party can’t have candidate they want BUT Clinton

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How does less cohesion decrease power?

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Party chiefs find it difficult to formulate coherent policy that all of party will support

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Explain 100 Party Thesis

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Thesis that suggests that there are 100 different parties in the USA, with Democrats and Republicans varying from state to state, Southerners being more conservative and Northerners/Coasts being more liberal

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Examples of 100 party thesis

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Moderate Northern Reps- Oympia Snow

Conservative Southern Dems- Strom Thurmond (switched party)

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Other ways of funding but not parties

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PACs

Individual-based fund raising

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Examples of PAC power

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Tom Foley

Kelly Ayotte

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Case of Tom Foley

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Washington Representative
Speaker
Supported Brady Bill (increased gun control)
Opposed by NRA
Loses seat in 1994 after campaigning from NRA

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Kelly Ayotte case
New Hampshire Senator Gun Rights Advocate Not re-elected in 2016 $2.6million spent by Americans for Responsible Solutions against her
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Individual based ways of raising funds
Bernie Sanders- grassroots campaign John Anderson- 1980, first TV ad campaign BOTH FAILED
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Explain the 50/50 thesis
America divided between either Democrats or Republicans
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Republicans typically were...
Male, white, evangelical Christian, rural, small government
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Democrats typically were...
female, minority, urban, not religious, more government
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Evidence for the 50/50 thesis
2000 Elections: 50/50 senators, 271-267 EC, 49% of vote | 2004- very little change NH, NM and IN change to Rep
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Evaluation of 50/50
1/5 of states have both 'Shades of Purple' No clear alignment 100 party thesis
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Historical elections with a clear divide between the parties
1932 (Laissez-Faire vs New Deal) 1964 (Civil Rights) 2000+2004 (Religious Right) 2016 (Nationalist vs Globalist)
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Internal factions of Democrats
Minorities (fragmented) Left-Wing (socialist, Bernie Sanders) Centrists (New Democrats, Bill Clinton) DINO (centre to centre-right, supported Reagan)
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Internal factions of Republicans
TEA Party (similar to libertarians, now has less power) Libertarian (Isolationist, less government, Ron Paul) Neo-Con (Interventionist, Bush) RINO (centre-right, Olympia Snow, Rubio?) Religious Right (social conservative, Ted Cruz)
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Barriers to third parties
``` Money Restrictive laws Name recognition Debates Extreme positions Electoral system ```
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Why does money restrict?
Means they cannot conduct an effective campaign- needed for staffers, advertisement, petitions...etc
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Why do restrictive laws restrict? (Give examples)
Some states require a number of signatures to be put on ballot paper such as Maine, Alaska and California BUT Tennessee only needs 25
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Why does name recognition restrict?
Less likely to be put on petitions, given money or put in debates. Not a problem for Libertarians and Greens- both known
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Why do extreme positions restrict?
Downs model of voting suggests that majority of public are centrists so people won't vote for those on the fringes of politics.
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Evaluate extreme positions
Co-opted by main parties
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George Wallace
1968 46 Electoral College 13.5% of vote Split Democrats
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Ross Perot
1992 (Independent)- 19% 1996 (Reform Party)- 9% 'Balanced Budget' Poll tax
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Ralph Nader
2000 Green Party Spoiler 1.7%
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John Anderson
1980 7% First TV advert Socially liberal, fiscal conservative
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Angus King
Independent Senator Maine Caucus with Democrat Moderate
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Bernie Sanders
Independent Senator Vermont Caucus with Democrat Socialist
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Jesse Venture
1998 Governor Mid-term Socially liberal, fiscally conservative
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Lisa Markowski
Republican Senator Alaska Seat taken by TEA party
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Social conservatism
Social conservatism refers to conservative values on non-fiscal matters, such as the promoting defense of marriage, opposition to abortion, opposition to homosexuality, and promoting common sense Christian values.
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Fiscal conservatism
Fiscal conservatism is a political-economic philosophy regarding fiscal policy and fiscal responsibility advocating low taxes, reduced government spending and minimal government debt. Free trade, deregulation of the economy, lower taxes, and privatization are defining qualities of fiscal conservatism.

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