1. CHAPTER FIVE POLITICAL PARTIES, INTEREST GROUPS, AND CAMPAIGNS

2. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.5 | 2 Political Parties Political Parties in Theory and in Reality

3. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.5 | 3 Figure 5.1 Party Identification

4. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.5 | 4 Political Parties (continued) Party Organization –State Parties –Local Parties –Factions

5. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.5 | 5 Figure 5.2 Typical State Party Organization

6. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.5 | 6 Political Parties (continued) The Two-Party System –Why Just Two? –Third Parties –Interparty Competition Is the Party Over?

7. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.5 | 7 Interest Groups Types of Interest Groups Interest Groups in the States Local-Level Interest Groups

8. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.5 | 8 Table 5.1 The Twenty Most Influential Interests in the States

9. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.5 | 9 Table 5.1 The Twenty Most Influential Interests in the States (continued)

10. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.5 | 10 Table 5.2 Interest Group Impact

11. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.5 | 11 Interest Groups (continued) Techniques Used by Interest Groups –Lobbying –Political Action Committees (PACs)

12. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.5 | 12 Political Campaigns A New Era of Campaigns –Mass Media –Political Consultants –Negative Campaigning Campaign Finance –State Efforts at Campaign Reform –Public Funding as a Solution