1. POL 205
Spring 2018

3.  A broad coalition of individuals who:
 (1) Recruit, nominate, and elect candidates for office
 (2) Under a given label
 (3)To control the government
 (4) In accordance with their ideas and policies.

7.  Intermediary Between Citizens and Govt.
 Bring PublicTogether to Accomplish Objectives
 Nominate Candidates for Office
 National, State, and Local Levels
 Contest Elections
 Mobilize Electorate; EncourageVoting

9.  Organize Government
 Provide Accountability
 Retrospective and ProspectiveVoting
 Sincere and StrategicVoting
 Manage Conflict: ReconcilingGroup Demands

10.  Parties present ideological position to voters
 Candidates support and implement party goals
 Voters hold party responsible during elections
 Parties control elected members

12.  1912 Election: Bull Moose Party
 Teddy Roosevelt broke from Republicans
 Split GOP vote; DemocratWilson wins
 1948 Election: Dixiecrat Party
 StromThurmond broke from Dems over civil rights
and anti-segregation views
 1992 Election: Reform Party
 Ross Perot,TX billionaire, ran on budget platform
 Participated in major debate b/c of support

17. INSTITUTTIONAL BARRIERS
 Duverger’s Law
 Electoral College
 Campaign Finance
 Primary System
 MedianVoterTheory
ATTITUDINAL BARRIERS
 “Wasted-Vote” Syndrome

19.  Regional support for the parties change
 Social groups supporting the parties change
 New groups of citizens are mobilized and
become part of electorate
 Voters change not just which party they vote for,
but also the party that they identify with
 Realignments are typically caused by new
issues that divide citizens

22. Hamilton and
Jefferson both
served in
Washington’s
cabinet.
Despite being
influential to
our founding,
they had
different
conceptions
concerning
government.

24.  Presidential electors now popularly elected
 Property qualifications for voting dropped
 Voter turnout increased dramatically
 “King Caucus” replaced by nominating
conventions

25. The Whigs formed in opposition to
Jackson’s presidency and policies.

26. Racial issues
and sectional
strife in the
1850s divided
the North and
South in
America.
This resulted in theThird Party System—
and the birth of the Republican Party

28. The Whig party dissolved at this point. It could not survive the slavery
issue while also grappling with the anti-slavery Republican party.

29. Rise of Political
Machines, including
Tweed’sTammany Hall.
The
Australian
or Secret
Ballot was
adopted to
counteract
party
machines.

31. Standard Oil
Company,
John D.
Rockefeller

32.  Beginning of Republican Dominance
From L to R:
Presidents
Warren G.
Harding,
Calvin
Coolidge,
and Herbert
Hoover.

34. The “New Deal Coalition” helped FDR win election.
The “New Deal” was the name given to various
social welfare programs passed during his administration.

36.  Changes Regarding Ideology and Party ID
 African-Americans: Republican  Democrat
 White Southerners: Democrat  Republican
 Rise of candidate-centered system
 Continuance of Third-Party Candidates
 Defined by intense partisanship and gridlock