GOVT 1111 Lecture 4: Lecture 09:23
12 Jun 2016
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James madison said he didn"t support political parties, but then he promoted political parties. The president always denounces political parties, but once in office political party affiliation increases, partisanship increases, and partisan polarization increases. Since the early 1990s, party polarization and party gap increased. Political party is essential in the us: serve multiple roles. Federation doesn"t have centralization so political parties unified the people. Build legislative coalition, year in year out, to pursue public policy goals. Provides shortcuts for voters to match up policy goals with voters" preferences. Aldrich (duke approach) v cohen, karol, noel, & zaler (ucla approach) Aldrich: politicians want power & use political parties to help them win. Cohen et al: party activists are an increased importance policy demanders are an increased importance. Duragey: because of institutional arrangements (rules of the game makes for only two parties) Decreased number of moderate republicans because they retired & their replacements are more rightist.
