Unit Three Italics Flashcards
Parties discipline their members through their control over nominations and campaigns. (Europe)
Responsible party system
Another name for patronage
Spoils system
The system where politicians are nominated based in their qualifications and personal appeal.
Candidate centered
Parliamentary systems have a …. often called the president.
Head of state
Parliamentary systems have a …. called the prime minister.
Head of government
Are needed when no party has the majority of votes.
Coalition
States that single member districts with plurality deciding the winner encourages two party systems.
Divergers law
Parties that appeal to moderate elements and suppress the views of extremist in the electorate.
Centrist parties
Said “infinite mutual abuse of parties, tearing to pieces the best of characters”
Benjamin Franklin
Warned against the “baneful effects of the Spirit of Party” in his farewell address.
George Washington
Said “if I could go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all”
Thomas Jefferson
Republican Party started in…
1860 during revolutionary war
The tips official of a party
National chair
In charge of the national party when it is not assembled in convention.
National committee
Activist that place the party first.
Party regulars