STUDY GUIDE
STUDY GUIDE
PARTY SYSTEMS
LESSON 1
One-Party System
Two-Party System
authoritarian governments: Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea,
China
about a dozen nations,
including the United
States
Multi-Party System
coalition governments: most nations,
including France
Dispense Patronage
Provide Stability
Educate the Public
Run Government
FUNCTIONS OF POLITICAL PARTIES
LESSON 1
Involve People in Politics
Develop and
Implement Policy
Elect Candidates
Government Watchdog
COMPARISON OF MAJOR PARTIES LESSON 2
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Ideology
W
More liberal
Platform
? Larger government role in providing social services ? Favor government regulations to protect consumers ? Favor increase in minimum wage ? Support unions, including public employee unions ? View climate change as a threat; support fuel efficiency
standards and carbon pollution limits ? Prefer limits on resource extraction from public lands ? Less likely to support military involvement in conflicts ? Support the United Nations
Demographics
women, minorities, young people, working class and middle/upper middle class in about even proportions, strongly supported in Northeast
Ideology
More conservative
Platform
? Favor smaller government role in providing social services ? Less government regulation ? Favor lower taxes ? Support restrictions on public employee unions ? Oppose "cap and trade" to reduce greenhouse gases ? Free market should drive choices about energy use ? Promote coal, oil, and gas extraction on public lands ? Increased military spending ? Reduced reliance on the United Nations
Demographics
white, men, religious, more middle/upper middle class than working class, strongly supported in South and mountain West
SELECTING CANDIDATES TO RUN FOR OFFICE LESSON 3
Petition
Candidates collect enough signatures to get on ballot
Caucuses
Candidates selected in series of meetings open to all party members
Nominating Conventions Party representatives select candidates at county, state, and national conventions
Direct Primary Presidential Primary
National Party Convention
Closed: Election open to only the party members Open: Election open to all, regardless of party
Binding: Nonbinding: Winner-take-all: Proportional:
Convention delegates must vote according to primary results Convention delegates may vote as they wish Winner gets all the state's convention delegates Each candidate gets convention delegates based on percentage of votes received
State delegates select candidates for president and vice president
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