POLI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: New Democratic Party Socialist Caucus
6 Dec 2016
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Single issue organizations do not have to traction to mobilize an electorate school teachers, lgbtq, hunters, etc. Political parties deal with many issues and cross cutting cleavages. Political parties need to be able to reach compromise within them if they are to govern. Historically established that closer the party come to power, the more moderate its policies become: ndp needs to decide: party of protest or party of power. Parties often defined by labels such as left-right, liberal or conservative. Parties both represent an create/reinforce cleavages within society. Conservatives and liberals avoid ideological appeals in favour of centrist policies. Parties do take positions cannot waffle on everything and language, region and religion have been key issues dividing liberals and conservatives. Conservatives historically leaned towards greater provincial power, liberals federal power. Ca(cid:374)ada(cid:859)s t(cid:449)o do(cid:373)i(cid:374)a(cid:374)t parties do (cid:374)ot appeal to spe(cid:272)ifi(cid:272) so(cid:272)io-economic (class) groups. They lack clear ideological vision on left-right scale.
