BIOL 1209 Lecture : Lecture 4 Evolution And PopG
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Local parties: once main party organization, party machines, rewarded voters: jobs given to contributors (not based on merit of competence, new york and chicago, 50 state party systems, no two exactly alike. Some well-funded, some weak: permanent headquarters, provide technical services, open or closed primaries, straight-ticket voting, single column or random list of candidates, national party organizations (npo, national convention, meets every four years, writes party platform. Formal nomination of candidates: nation committee, operates between conventions. Led by national chairperson: hire, raise money, pay bills. Party in government: promises and policy: party in power determines policy, coalitions support parties, most presidents fail to implement campaign promises, but they do live up to some of them, party platforms are blueprints. 1796-1824: first party system: madison warned against "evil" of factions, hamilton and the federalist party, capitalist support, northeast, short-lived, ideas of loyal opposition and rotation of power new. Jefferson and the democratic-republicans: agrarian support, south, torn apart by factions.
