2. Smallest Political Quiz
Examine the following 10 statements.
Respond with Y if you agree, M for maybe or sometimes, and N if you disagree.
Smallest Political Quiz
Examine the following 10 statements.
Respond with Y if you agree, M for maybe or sometimes, and N if you disagree.
Personal Issues Y M N
Military service should be voluntary (no draft).
Government should not control radio, TV, the press, or the Internet.
Repeal regulations on sex for consenting adults.
Drug laws do more harm than good. Repeal them.
Let peaceful people cross borders freely.
Economic Issues Y M N
Businesses and farms should operate without government subsidies.
People are better off with free trade than with tariffs.
Minimum wage laws cause unemployment. Repeal them.
End taxes. Pay for services with user fees.
All foreign aid should be privately funded.

3. Libertarians are self-governors in both personal and economic matters
Libertarians are self-governors in both personal and economic matters. They believe government's only purpose is to protect people from coercion and violence. They value individual responsibility, and tolerate economic and social diversity.
Centrists favor selective government intervention and emphasize practical solutions to current problems. They tend to keep an open mind on new issues. Many centrists feel that government serves as a check on excessive liberty.
Left-Liberals prefer self-government in personal matters and central decision-making on economics. They want government to serve the disadvantaged in the name of fairness. Leftists tolerate social diversity, but work for economic equality.
Authoritarians want government to advance society and individuals through expert central planning. They often doubt whether self-government is practical. Left-authoritarians are also called socialists, while fascists are right-authoritarians.
Right-conservatives prefer self-government on economic issues, but want official standards in personal matters. They want the government to defend the community from threats to its moral fiber.

4. Who Speaks for You?

5. All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent
-Thomas Jefferson

6. TERMS
Political Party: Organization of people who share ideas about the way the country should be governed & try to get nominated (named) members elected
Platform: A statement of goals & positions on various public issues
Candidates: people seeking elected office

7. TERMS
Campaign: gathering support & informing the voters on candidates & issues
Precincts: Geographic districts that contains a specific number of voters
organized at the local (town, city, or county), state, and national levels
Grassroots Movement: A political movement started by the people

8. TERMS
National Convention: Held every 4 years to establish the party’s platform
Political Machine: A strong party organization that can become so powerful that only its candidates are elected
How is this good or bad?

9. 5 BASIC FUNCTIONS OF PARTIES
Select & support candidates
Inform the public
Carry the message of the people to government
Act as a watchdog over government activities
Serve as link between different levels & branches of government

10. 1st parties formed from debate over the Constitution

11. FEDERALISTS Constitution & a strong national government
1st political party in the US
New England merchants & bankers

12. ANTI-FEDERALISTS AKA Democratic-Republican party
Bill of Rights & Strong state government
farmers, planters & shop keepers

13. CHANGING TIMES Federalist party disappeared after Washington & Adams
Democratic Republicans dominated for about 20 years

14. CHANGING TIMES Democratic Republicans
One group became the Democratic party
The other became the Whigs

15. DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Represented farmers and workers

16. WHIGS
Followed tradition of the Federalists & represented northern bankers, merchants, manufacturers, and large plantation owners in the South

17. SLAVERY In 1850, both parties split over the issue of slavery
Proslavery: Democrats
Antislavery: Republicans (new party)

18. REPUBLICANS
In 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the 1st Republican president

19. From 1865-1931 only two Democrats were elected until…
1932, FDR was elected 4 times! His VP Truman finished FDR’s last term & was re-elected!

20. THE BREAKDOWN
The presidency has usually switched back and forth between Democrats & Republicans
Congress has usually been Democratic

21. Democratic Republicans
Constitution
Slavery
Rights
Democratic Republicans
Whigs
Republicans
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Democrats

24. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

25. Traditionally appeals to workers, Catholics, minorities, union members, & those involved in social policies

27. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

28. Traditionally businesspeople, Protestants, those against government involvement

29. Candidates

31. In General…
Control
No Control
Democrat $
Personal Issues
Republican

32. THIRD PARTIES 3 Kinds: Single issue(Prohibition Party)
Particular belief (Socialist and Libertarian Parties)
Single candidate (George Wallace and Ross Perot)

33. THIRD PARTIES Challenge the two major parties
Never won a presidential election but have affected outcomes & influenced policies
Taking away votes (spoiler)
Policy

39. SIMILARITIES BETWEEN PARTIES

40. Personal Rights & Freedoms

41. Good Education

42. Decent Living

43. Protect the Nation

44. Preserve the Environment

45. Help Citizens

46. The parties just differ in how they want to achieve these goals

48. 1 Party 2 Party Multi-Party SYSTEM EXPLANATION ADVANTAGE DISADVANTAGE
EXAMPLE
1 Party
Must win a Plurality
(more votes in the legislature than anyone else)
Plurality ≠ Majority
1 Party = 1 Government
Very efficient
Dictatorship, total control lies on one person or party
NO opposition
NO freedoms
China (4%)
Cuba
North Korea
2 Party
2 major parties that exchange power and participate together
Very stable
Appeals to the masses
avoids extreme measures or ideas
Snuffs out 3rd parties
USA UK
Spain
Multi-Party
Must win a majority (>½ of the votes)
Coalitions form to gain majority votes.
More parties can compete
Unstable government because of the wide variety and changes between terms
Germany
Israel
Japan

50. IN REVIEW majority coalition
Which political system has more than two parties?
50% of the votes plus one would be a ______ vote.
Another word for a alliance is ___________.
majority
coalition

51. IN REVIEW dictator Two Democrat Republican
A ___________ has total control of a country
The United States has a _______ party system,
Two major American parties are _________ & _____________
Two
Democrat
Republican

52. VOTING
& ELECTIONS

53. Voting is the only time that citizens can directly bring about change in government

54. Voting
Qualifications:
At least 18
State resident/ US citizen
registered

55. Voting
All who vote in an election are called the electorate

56. Voting
Factors limiting voters:
Mental Hospital Inmates
Convicts
Those not yet meeting state requirements

57. Voting In The Past
Poll Taxes or Literacy tests against African Americans
Literacy Test was a test given to prove that the voter could read and write and understand public issues

58. APATHY?
WHO CARES?
Lack of interest

59. HERE’S WHY
Gives citizens a chance to choose their government leaders and a chance to voice their opinions of politicians and issues

60. NOMINATING PROCESS
Caucus: political parties meet to conduct party business & nominate candidates
Primary Election: held among party members to nominate candidates
Closed Primary: only declared party members can vote
Open Primary: voters do not have to register with a party

61. RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT
Dem & Rep parties choose nominees at the National Convention in the summer
Each state sends a certain # of delegates to the convention depending on population.
The delegates vote on the candidate and the one with the majority wins

62. RUNNING FOR OFFICE
Campaign organization is responsible for getting out the candidate’s image and positions
One tool is endorsement: a famous person supporting the candidate
This is a type of propaganda: an attempt to promote a particular person or idea

63. RUNNING FOR OFFICE
Candidate’s image is often more important than if the candidate is qualified. *Roman candidatus*
Types of advertising are in newspapers, posters, TV ads, and radio.
Canvassing: or going through neighborhoods asking for votes is another tool

64. FUNDING
Takes money to pay for the stickers, buttons, ads and posters
For president: estimated $400 million
Private funding (10%)
Political Action Committees, PACs,(25%)
PACs are fund raising groups established by special interest groups

65. POLLS
Polling places: locations where votes are cast
Voting for one single party is called a straight ticket and voting for different parties is called a split ticket
A voter who cannot get to the polls on election day can use an absentee ballot
Exit poll: media asks as you leave

66. GENERAL ELECTIONS
Held on the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday of November
For all races except the presidential race, the candidate winning the majority of popular vote wins
Popular vote: votes cast directly by the people

68. GENERAL ELECTIONS
In a presidential race, the voters actually vote for electors who hold electoral votes and are part of the Electoral Collage system.
# of Senators + # of Representatives = # of Electoral Votes
If a Rep. candidate wins the popular vote for a state then the Rep. electoral voters cast their vote from that state for that candidate and the Dem. electoral voters don’t cast a vote

70. GENERAL ELECTIONS
This is known as the “winner take all” system
States population determines # of electoral votes
538 in all
270 or more wins electoral vote

71. GENERAL ELECTIONS
A candidate might win 5 or 6 small states but still not win because the other candidate wins one large state like
You can lose the popular vote but win the election.
Announce Jan 6

72. Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland

74. GENERAL ELECTIONS
If no one is identified as receiving a majority by November, the House can pick the president and the Senate can pick the VP
Electors will not pick candidate other than their party
If they did, they would be called a “faithless elector” (never been prosecuted)

75. VOTING ON ISSUES
Sometimes you vote on issues too
An initiative is a method by which citizens propose laws or state ammendments
This is done by circulating a petition asking for the new law or proposition
A referendum allows voters to approve or reject a law already passed

76. SPECIAL ELECTIONS
Runoffs when no candidate receives majority
A recall is held to vote an official out of office

77. Majority Plurality Two Party System Democrat & Republican
QUIZ 1
What is receiving at least 51% of the vote called?
What is receiving more votes than anyone else called?
What kind of party system does the US have?
What are the major US parties?
Majority
Plurality
Two Party System
Democrat & Republican

78. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
QUIZ 2
What was the 1st political party in the United States?
Who was the 1st president elected from the Republican Party?
3.What president won 4 consecutive terms?
Federalists
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

79. QUIZ 2 Straight Split Exit Poll
Voting for one single party is called a 1_________ ticket, whereas voting for different parties is called a 2_________ ticket. A candidate’s .
3As you leave the polls, the media might take an _______ poll, asking you how you voted.
Straight
Split
Exit Poll

80. QUIZ 3
1. Catholic is to Democrat as Protestant is to ______________
2. Each city or county is divided into election districts or __________
3. A party’s statement of goals and positions on various public issues is called a __________
Republican
Precincts
Platform

81. CAMPAIGN
TECHNIQUES

82. endorsements
Famous people such as movie stars, rock stars, or sports figures
If people admire the person maybe they will admire the candidate too

83. Stacked cards
Presents only one side of an issue by distorting the facts
A group supporting nuclear power might only present facts making nuclear power look safe

84. bandwagon
Convincing people that everyone else agrees with your viewpoint and that everyone else is going to vote for you

85. glittering generality
A statement that sounds good but is generally meaningless
“Return to family values”

86. symbols Used and misused
Candidate might salute a flag at every event to look more patriotic

87. “I Support Education”
-Candidate

88. “I believe that Congressman Cash is the man for the job!”

89. “Everybody’s voting for Cash, how ‘bout you?”

90. “She’s proud to be an American and proud to serve you and her country”