UAPP225 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7 : Party System, Capitalism, Precinct Captain
19 May 2017
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Most people have negative views of the parties. Just like our founders were distrustful of political parties they are not mentioned in our constitution (yet they knew they were an inevitable consequence of a democracy) Highly centralized, stable, tight knit extreme ideological positions. Some minor parties are strongly ideological (libertarian, conservative, socialist. The 2 major parties have not based their positions on ideology, but they followed a set of guiding principles that focus on the role the government should play in our democracy. Each party seeks to attract a broad spectrum of support. Some of their beliefs overlap and are at times alike for their belief in democracy and capitalism, yet they also differ on economic and social issues. A coalition of people organized formally to recruit, nominate, and elect individuals to office and to use elected office to achieve shared political goals. Create and implement shared political goals through the election of officials to the executive and legislative branches.
