POL 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Divided Government, Decision-Making
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Create a link between their people and the government. There are divisions in society and opinions. Recruit people to join and represent their party. Run campaigns to put people in office. Find people that will represent the party well. When congress does not line up with the presidents political party affiliation. Ways political parties influence: party in the electorate. Party is the single biggest factor in voter decision. America does not have to officially and formally register to a specific party. Closest thing we have to registering in a party is the primaries. Other countries have to formally chose a party and pay dues to vote. Closest thing we have to declaring a party. More moderate than the media portrays them to be. More likely to slightly lean one way rather than truly: party in government independent. Often from the majority party: bureaucracy. Form of organization, a complex structure of offices, tasks, and rules.
