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Political Parties

Political parties are teams aiming to control governance by winning elections. They act as nonprofit institutions, composed of office seekers and benefit seekers, rather than just voters. The framers of the Constitution believed parties could harm democracy, yet they also address essential issues such as reducing transaction costs in legislation, mobilizing voters, and regulating conflicts. We explore why two-party systems dominate in the U.S., the challenges third parties face, and how parties shape political dynamics, both positively and negatively.

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Political Parties

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  1. Political Parties Theory

  2. What is a political party? • A team of people seeking to control the governing apparatus by winning elected office. • Institutional characteristics: • Nongovernmental political institution • Endogenous institution

  3. Who makes up a political party? • Office seekers • Benefit seekers • Not voters

  4. Freewrite The framers thought that parties were bad for America. Were they right? What are parties’ negative effects on the political system? What are their positive effects? What would politics be like without them? As usual, you will turn in this freewrite for participation credit.

  5. Problems that political parties solve • Reducing transaction costs in legislating • Mobilizing voters • Regulating conflict • Enforcing collective responsibility

  6. Why two political parties • Single member, plurality districts • Electoral college • Ballot Access Restrictions • Campaign Finance Laws • Voter loyalty • Hard to raise money • Hard to get media attention • Hard to recruit strong candidates

  7. 3rd Party Candidates with 5% of PV

  8. 8 minor party candidates have won Electoral Votes… • 1832: Anti Masonic party, 7EV • 1856: Know-Nothing Party, 8 EV • 1860: Constitutional Union Party, 39 EV • 1892: Populist Party, 22 EV • 1912: Progressive Party, 88 EV • 1924: Progressive Party, 13 EV • 1948: Dixiecrat Party, 39 EV (2% of PV!) • 1968: American Independent Party, 46 EV

  9. Significant Nader votes, 2000

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