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Explain how US Political Parties differ from those of

other Western Nations. Discuss some of the major causes of these differences

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• Less control over nominations: primary elections

• Less control over campaigns: candidates get funds independently

• Less control of elected members

• Factors: decentralization of federal system, regulation of parties by state and federal laws, separation of legislative and executive powers

• Explain how the attitudes and traditions of American voters reinforce the institutional and legal factors that make American parties relatively weak.

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• Parties are rarely important in the life of an average citizen

• Membership means supporting by vote

• Parties are kept separate from other aspects of our lives

• Americans resent partisanship infecting other aspects of their lives

• Explain the attitudes of the Founders toward political parties and how they came into existence? (201-202)

• Factions, George Washington and his Farewell Address

• Jefferson and Hamilton• Disentangling opposition to particular

policies from opposition to newly formed government

• Jeffersonian Republicans: a “temporary” arrangement which encouraged the organization of the Federalists

• List and explain the five kinds of party organizations described in the text. Give examples of each. (213-217)

• The Machine: use of tangible incentives; Chicago, Philadelphia, Albany

• Ideological Parties: principle above all else; Socialist, Prohibition, Libertarian

• Solidary Groups: sociability; ward and town organizations in St. Louis

• Sponsored Parties: external organization supports; Detroit Democrats

• Personal followings: devotion to a politician