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POLITICAL

PARTIES
PRESENTERD by Ingrid KRAGBE

Professor: Mr
Christian SEYA
Outline
 Objectives
 Introduction
 What are political Parties
 Parties, Voter Mobilization, and Elections
 Parties as organizations
 Parties in government
 Party identification
 Party system
 Political party and your future
 Conclusion
Objectives

 Define political parties and their functions in politic


 Explain the roles that Parties play in elections
 Describe how the major American parties are structured at
the national, state and local levels
 Explain how parties organize legislative business and
influence policy
 Identity the reasons for and sources of party identification
 Describe how the party system in the united state has
changed over time and its main feature today
INTRODUCTIO
N
What Are Political Parties

 How do political Parties Form


 The United States’ Two Party System
 What political Parties Do
AMERICANS
SIDE BY SIDE:
Two-party
systems and
Multi-Party
Systems
Parties, Voter Mobilization, and
Elections

 Recruiting candidates
 Party nominations and primaries
 General election and mobilizing voters
Parties As Organizations

 National convention
 National committees
 Congressional campaigns committees
 State and local party organization
Parties In Government

 Parties and Policy


 Parties in Congress
 Parties and the President’S Policy Agenda
Party Identification

 Who are Republicans and Democrats


 Recent Trends in Party Affiliation
WHO ARE
AMERICANS?:
Who identity
with which
party?
Party System
 The first party system: federalist and Jeffersonian republicans
 The second party system: Democrats and whigs
 The civil war and post civil war party system: republicans and
democrats
 The system of 1896: republicans and democrats
 The new deal party system: reversal of fortune
 The contemporary America party system
 Electoral alignment and realignment
 Party polarization
 Third party
Political Party And Your Future
CONCLUSION

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