POL 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: California Democratic Party, National Republican Party, Voting Rights Act Of 1965
27 Nov 2016
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These parties are multilevel (national, state, and local levels: party platforms are core beliefs and policy proposals; at national levels, these define party candidates, parties in the electorate (pie) is seen through party affiliation, identity and voter registration. They mainly serve to organize elections: parties in government (pig) are comprised of elected officials of the same party, where individuals work together to accomplish the party"s goals. The parent"s party is the best predictor of the children"s party. People can affiliate with a party, and they can go even further and identify and register, and go even further to vote and volunteer for the party and mobilize others to do the same. Chapter 8- political parties: parties in the electorate, organization, government. There has been less change, no quotas and no superdelegates: from 2008 to 2012 they adopted proportional representation in hopes of increasing competition, mobilizing voters and increasing turnout.
