POL SCI 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Supermajority, Political Action Committee, Michael Schudson
5 Dec 2015
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Makes governing difficult, some claim impossible (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Party systems: federalist hegemony r/d (national power vs. state) slavery and civil war arises whigs collapse, republican emerge deadlock republican hegemony post 1896 (industrialization) great depression, new deal coalition. 1932-64 (gov help people, racial liberalism) now close division, polarized parties: collapse of nd coalition lead to current world. Nd: rare time when p and congress aligned and sc sympathetic. Reagan fails to establish new r majority, but new coalition line-up emerges with realignment of the south. 4) rise of religion as a divide. 2) increasing homogeneity and unity within party. 3) divergence consistent over a range of issues. 5) increasing parity between parties (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) *** one-sided with polarization simply means majority rule. Mean difference between red and blue states. Overlap of opinions on ideology/ issues within red and blue states. 1990s, party id strength affect no just voting but acting as a perpetual screen.
