1. Who participates in political parties?
Mio Rikitake & Gianina Nakagawa

2. Party Regulars
Value winning elections and understand that compromise and moderation may be necessary to reach an objective
Knows the importance of keeping the party together

3. Candidate Activists
Followers of a particular candidate who see the party as the means to elect their candidate
Not concerned with the other operations of the party

4. Issue Activists
Wishes to push the parties in a particular direction. Whether it’s on a single issue or a narrow range of issues.
The party platform is an important battleground for them

5. Issue Activist examples
War in Iraq
Abortion
Taxes
School prayer
Environment

6. Men in Politics 2004- The two parties were almost the same
1964- Men were twice as likely to be Democrats as Republicans

7. Women in Politics
1964 & Women favor the Democrats

8. Social cast system in politics
1964 & Lower-income voters have consistently been more Democratic
1964 & Higher-income voters tend to be more in favor of the Republicans

9. Religion in Politics
1964- Protestants, Catholic, and Jewish all strongly supported Democrats
2004- Protestants were evenly divided
Democratic numbers among Catholics had dropped significantly

10. Overall
They are were more Democrats in 1964 then 2004

11. Keyterms
Party registration- The act of declaring party affiliation; required by some states when one registers to vote