POG 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Key Demographic, Justin Trudeau, Money, Money, Money

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POG 110
• Professor: Tracey Raney

Document Summary

Organizations that seek to physically control the government by nominating candidates for office and winning power through the election process. A political party should aggregate our thinking of rule and power, our thinking of different perspectives and views. Different than an interest group, have a cap in how much they can spend in an election. Role in a democracy (ought to represent our interests, also provides differences and healthy competition) Federalized structure (governments at the provincial level do not work at the federal level. Versus interest groups (not interested in forming government, more so lobbying government) Terminology: party leader: the leader of the party; should have a seat in the house of commons. Parties themselves choose their own leaders, independent of the election: parliamentary caucus: members of the party that have seats in parliament (either the. House of commons or the senate), (senate, positions are appointed by the prime.