[POLS 1113] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (91 pages long)
Document Summary
In congress, several former top staffers from the party campaign committees now hold seats they once. Staffers move on up helped others get elected to. Senate chief of staff, ted kaufman, recently found himself appointed to the senate seat held for decades by his old boss, joe biden. The powerful-player-turned-principal phenomenon is becoming an increasingly commonplace event. Trustees expert legislator who thinks and votes independently, basing his decision on the public welfare, even if the public disagrees. Cleavage separation of people according to their interests. The party faithful now wield too much power, particularly in promoting the most extreme candidates in. A four-party system for the us party primaries. Our two party system less and less reflects the genuine diversity of political ideas professed by various segments of the american population. The most discordant note playing in the current system is the attempt to contain social and economic conservatives within a single party, the republican party.
