1. Political Party systems
DO YOU THINK AMERICA’S TWO PARTY SYSTEM EFFECTIVELY MEETS THE NEEDS OF
OUR DIVERSE POPULATION?
2. One Party System
found in nations with authoritarian governments
Only one political party exist, because the government won’t allow opposition.
Examples
Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea, and China
de facto one party- (in fact; in reality)
other parties are allowed to participate, they have no realistic chance of
winning.
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4. One Party System
Advantages Disadvantages
Efficient, they are free to enact their
visions or goals
Competition is not allowed therefore
they people are not allowed to try
new methods
Voting is easy for the electorate,. People are not allowed to be
innovative and try new ideas
Long term planning is possible Democracy is often eroded and
dictatorship takes over
Time is not wasted on criticism and
propaganda
Opponents are crushed with fear or
punished
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6. Multi- Party System More than 2 political parties compete for control.
France and Italy have over 15 political parties, this allows for a variety of view points to be heard.
Usually 5-7 parties have a significant number of seats in parliament.
Coaltition government- this often occurs because rarely one party has enough seats to control the
government.
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8. Two Party System
In the United States, a candidate wins the election by gaining a plurality, or more votes than any
other candidate.
This is a winner-take-all system because there is no reward for the party or candidate that finishes
second
A ________________________republican
B_________________________Democrat
C________________________Libertarian
D________________________Gren Party
There is nothing in our Constitution that prevents third parties from flourishing, its more our
electoral system that prevents it.
9. Another reason 2 parties exist-
The Electoral College systemis a winner-take all system
Example: In the 1992 presidential election, independent
candidate H. Ross Perot received nearly 19 percent of the
popular vote, but he did not get a single electoral vote.
Other recent third-party candidates—including John
Anderson in 1980, Ralph Nader in 2000—also failed to win
electoral votes.
10. Two party
a tradition in American Politics
Most Americans look favorably on the two-party system because it has dominated much of American
politics from the very beginning.
The Republican and Democratic parties have existed for more than 150 years, and that history gives them
a legitimacy that third parties do not have.
16. Third Parties (in the United States)
Any party that runs against the two major parties.
They are also labeled as “minor parties”
ALL THIRD PARTIES: Believe the two major parties aren’t
meeting certain needs
17. Third Parties impact
In 2000 Green Party Candidate Ralph Nader earned 2 million votes, that could have gone to Al Gore.
Al Gore lost the election, due to the Electoral College vote, he earned more popular Votes
This is referred to as the spoiler vote
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19. Obstacles for third party-
Republican and Democrat candidate’s are automatically on the
ballot
Third party candidates must get a large number of voter
signatures to get on the ballot
Financing campaigns are also difficult, they are not allowed to
get any government funding
Citizens may prefer the candidate but know they may have no
chance of winning so voting for the 3rd party is to risky.
20. Ideological Parties
Third party who has a particular set of ideas on how to change society overall, rather than on one
issue.
Communist Party USA
Socialist Labor Party
Green Party
Constitution Party
21. Single issue Parties
Focus on one major social, economic, or moral issue
They won’t to get national attention to this issue
They are often short-lived, they fade when the issue ceases to be important or when a major party adopts
the issue.
Pirate Party-2006
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