POLS 155 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Jacksonian Democracy, Primary Election, Direct Democracy
6 Feb 2017
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How is popular rule limited: different methods of selection, staggered elections create different terms of office, different constitutioncies (two people you rep. , rejection of direct democracy (the people vote directly) Impossible to replace the elected government in one election: founders created the government to avoid direct democracy. The expansion of democracy jefferson democracy: champion of common people (moves toward more democracy, the revolution of 1800 jefferson vs adams, the divide in government (republican/democrat) Was built from the ground up: powerful means of collective influence, majority opinion more easily translated into public policy. Jacksons" most significant contribution to the expansion of democracy. The era of jacksonian democracy continued: after 1840"s, party bosses + political party machines, bases worked with business to block regulation of trusts, bosses used corporate money to elect favored candidates. The party bosses ran who was elected: bosses, elected corporate america very abrupt, voters funded the machines.
