AP GOVERNMENT MR. LIPMAN

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AP GOVERNMENTMR. LIPMAN

• CHAPTER 12
• POLTICAL PARTIES

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_____________was a democratic political machine
that ran New York City in the 1870s.

• Whig
• The Donkey
• The Elephant
• Tammany Hall
• The John Birch Society

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_____________was a democratic political machine
that ran New York City in the 1870s.

• Whig
• The Donkey
• The Elephant
• Tammany Hall
• The John Birch Society

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• The Golden Age, 1860-1932
• Lincoln, Republicans
• Political Machines
• Tammany Hall
• The Modern Era
• The New Deal
• Candidate Centered Politics
• Citizen Support and Party Realignment
• Critical Elections
• Secular realignments
• Shift in the Souththe 1990s.

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The American Enterprise Institute is an example
of what?

1. a think tank
2. a political machine
3. a political action committee
4. a special interest group
5. a non-profit group

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The American Enterprise Institute is an example
of what?

1. A think tank
2. A political machine
3. A political action committee
4. A special interest group
5. A non-profit group

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• National party
• National chairperson
• National committee
• National convention
• Super delegates
• Large television audiences
• States and localities
• States regulate parties
• Smallest unit is the precinct
• Informal groups
• National Federation of Republican Women, the
  Young Republicans, Think Tanks (the Heritage
  Foundation)

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How are political parties organized?
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• Running candidates for office
• Raising money
• Record numbers
• Mobilizing support and getting-out-the-vote
  (GOTV)
• Public opinion surveys
• Television ads
• GOTV Republican voter
• vaults, Democratic unions
• and interest groups
• Formulating and
• promoting policy
• National party platform
• Two-thirds implemented by
• winning party
• One-half of the losing partys platform
  implemented

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In the course of the past few decades, party
unity among the Democratic and Republican parties
has __________.

1. become less unified
2. stayed the same
3. become more unified.

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In the course of the past few decades, party
unity among the Democratic and Republican parties
has __________.

• become less unified
• stayed the same
• become more unified.

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Activities of American Political Parties

• Organizing government
• Parties in Congress
• Loyalty
• The party line
• Decentralization
• The presidential party
• Parties in the federal courts
• Parties in state governments
• Influence
• Furthering unity, linkage, and accountability
• Parties link branches of government

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Conservative voters tend to be what?

1. Male
2. White
3. Wealthy
4. Religious
5. Older
6. All of the above

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Conservative voters tend to be what?

1. Male
2. White
3. Wealthy
4. Religious
5. Older
6. All of the above

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• Party identification
• Political socialization
• Early socialization
• Group affiliations
• Geographic region
• Gender
• Race and ethnicity
• Age
• Social and economic factors
• Religion
• Marital status

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Who identifies as a Democrat? A Republican?
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Theodore Roosevelt led the _________ party.

1. Bull Moose
2. Tea
3. Dixiecrat
4. Green
5. Libertarian

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Theodore Roosevelt led the _________ party.

1. Bull Moose
2. Tea
3. Dixiecrat
4. Green
5. Libertarian

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Minor Parties in the American Two-Party System

• Formation and role of third parties
• Social issues
• Civil rights issues
• Trust in government
• Effectiveness
• Barriers to third-party success
• Proportional representation
• Winner-take-all system

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What are some major third parties?
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What does de-alignment theory state?

1. Both parties are not as straight as they used
   to be.
2. If two parties are compared to each other, one
   will always have an advantage.
3. There has been a general decline in party
   identification.
4. A third party always shifts the ideology of one
   of the two major parties.
5. Parties will never stay aligned as long as there
   is democracy.

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What does de-alignment theory state?

1. Both parties are not as straight as they used
   to be.
2. If two parties are compared to each other, one
   will always have an advantage.
3. There has been a general decline in party
   identification.
4. A third party always shifts the ideology of one
   of the two major parties.
5. Parties will never stay aligned as long as there
   is democracy.

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How has the two-party system developed?
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What does a realignment look like?
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How much money do parties raise?
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What do party platforms look like?