POLS 2300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Party System, Western Alienation In Canada
11 Apr 2014
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Political parties are organizations that offer slates of candidates to voters at election time. Parties raise money and recruit and select representatives. Seven functions that political parties play in a democracy: 1. Integrating citizens into the political system: links the government and citizens: 2. Developing policy: different parties represent clear ideological and policy options: 3. Elite recruitment: those elected in canada are associated with a political party and run as the official candidates of their parties. Individuals with higher educations and more income are more likely to participate in a party: 4. Organization of government: traditions of the legislator is that the government benches face those of the opposition parties: 5. Structuring the vote: more individuals rely on party labels as a sort of hand for hand idea and policies that a candidate represents. Votes are usually split 85% conservative and liberal. Organizing public opinion: parties are on the structure(right/center or left winged), and this forms parts of their ideologies.
