PSC 2212 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Direct Democracy, Immigration Policy, Participatory Democracy
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The summation of persistent patterns of underlying political attitudes and characteristic responses to political concerns within a particular political order (253) However, there is a broad range of what that could mean. By acting on self-interest, they benefit the economy: factions: federalist 10, individualistic subcultures, career, trading your vote for another vote, corruption is tolerated, parties help get things done, not a lot of innovation. Macro partisan change: what leads to large changes in partisanship, large events, civil war, civil rights movement, de-alignment and realignment, migration and immigration, generational replacement, mobilization of new voters. They had economic opportunity elsewhere, the poorest of the poor are staying. How groups move around the country: not static: constant dynamic of movement, changing. Groups that vote at higher rates, get policies catered more to them, on the other hand, we need educated voters. What are parties good for: like-minded people pushing ideas forward, easier to mobilize voters, parties are a heuristic, reduce transaction costs.
