POLI 360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Tammany Hall, Advertising Mail, Microtargeting
23 Mar 2016
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Historical development of national parties: in the 1800s, federalists and democratic-republicans chose their national nominees through congressional caucuses. National party organizations, however, were only slightly established at this time: nominating processes became more decentralized in the 1820s as fewer voter restrictions led to increased voter turnout, state and local parties established the strongest party organizations because: They selected their delegates for national conventions. They contested the state and local elections: some national development, however, did occur: The democratic national committee (dnc) was established in 1848. The republican national committee (rnc) was established in 1856: hill committees were also established. These committees recruit potential candidates for the house of representatives and the senate and helps those candidates win their elections: The democratic congressional campaign committee (dccc) was established after the civil war. The national republican campaign committee (nrcc) was established after the civil war.
