Political Parties

  1. THREE FACETS OF POLITICAL PARTIES
    1. Party in Electorate
      1. split ticket voting
      2. declining partisan identification
    2. Party in Government
      1. party votes in Congress
    3. Party Organization

  2. DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE IN THE PARTY SYSTEM
    1. Elite System 1796-1815--Republicans (Jeffersonians) v. Federalists (Hamiltonians)
      1. War of 1812
      2. Era of Good Feelings--1815-24
      3. Presidential election of 1824
        • John Quincy Adams
        • Andrew Jackson
        • Henry Clay
        • William Crawford
    2. Popular System 1832-1860--Democrats v. Whigs
      1. Mass Mobilization of Voters--Hoopla
      2. Nominating Convention
      3. Patronage
        • Tammany Hall
    3. Machine System 1860-1896--Democrats v. Republicans
      1. Massive Corruption
      2. Regionalization of parties
      3. Presidential election of 1876, S. Tilden (D) v. R. B. Hayes (R)
      4. Murder of James Garfield in 1881
    4. Progressive System 1896-1932--Democrats v. Republicans
      1. Civil Service (Pendleton Act of 1883)
      2. Australian Ballot
      3. Voter Registration & Literacy Tests
      4. Citizenship Requirements
      5. Direct Primary
      6. Direct election of Senators
      7. Women's Suffrage
      8. Nonpartisan elections
    5. New Deal System 1932-1964--Democrats v. Republicans
      1. Southern Whites
      2. Urban Workers
      3. Midwestern Farmers (W. J. Bryan)
      4. Eastern Liberals (F. D. Roosevelt)
    6. Sixth system?
      1. Migration of African-Americans from South to North
        1. 1964 Presidential Election
      2. Suburbanization of American after 1945
        1. USC Race Census Project for L.A. County
      3. 2004 Election

  3. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AMERICAN PARTY SYSTEM
    1. U.S. Has Weak Parties
      1. Voter registration
      2. Party Nominations
      3. Federalism
    2. Two-Party System
      1. although there are eight parties on California's ballot
        1. American Independent
        2. Democrats
        3. Greens
        4. Libertarian
        5. Natural Law
        6. Peace & Freedom
        7. Reform Party
        8. Republicans
      2. History
      3. Political Socialization
      4. Political Ideology
      5. Election Laws
      6. Presidential System