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Political Party System

Political Party System. www.mbhs.edu/~grossmam/.../ Party %20Power%20Point. ppt. Political Parties: What do they do?. Promote a political agenda to influence government policy and action Select candidates for election Educate voters Finance election campaigns Fill government positions.

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Political Party System

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  1. Political Party System www.mbhs.edu/~grossmam/.../Party%20Power%20Point.ppt

  2. Political Parties: What do they do? • Promote a political agenda to influence government policy and action • Select candidates for election • Educate voters • Finance election campaigns • Fill government positions

  3. 2 “Big Tent” Parties • Republicans and Democrats • “Big Tent” parties • Different groups that support unrelated issues • Associate with same party • Third parties limit interests to single issue. • Example, Green Party = environmentalists

  4. Role of Political Parties

  5. Roles, continued…

  6. Roles, continued…

  7. Question: Which role of a political party do you think most influences the political process?

  8. Political Parties:Who are they?What do they want? Democrats and Republicans

  9. History of Democrats • Federalists • George Washington • John Adams • Strong central government • Wealthy property owners concerned with improving commerce and ensuring property rights. • Anti-Federalists • Evolved into Democrat-Republican party • Thomas Jefferson • Supported by working class, small farmers from the South • Valued liberties • Resented big business • Possessed general suspicion of government

  10. George Washington and John Adams were both Federalists who believed in a strong central government.

  11. Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe, the 3rd and 5th Presidents of the United States signed the Constitution in support of a strong federal government. Came to distrust an all powerful central government.

  12. Andrew JacksonFirst Democrat elected President! • 7th President of the US • War hero who defeated British at Battle of New Orleans • War of 1812 • First presidential candidate to run as Democrat • First to frequently veto laws • Responsible for enfranchising all white males (right to vote) • Large Indian removal projects • Distribution of land to white southern farmers • Jackson’s Democrats • In favor of slavery • Typically won elections in south

  13. Andrew Jackson used a donkey to symbolize working class roots. Democrats have been known as donkey ever since.

  14. Democrat History Continued Evolved into party representing working classes of cities in the North and white agricultural workers in the South until 1932. Famous Democrats of this time period included James Polk, Andrew Johnson, and Woodrow Wilson.

  15. Franklin Delanor Roosevelt transformed Democrat party. • Captured White House in 1932 • Led U.S. out of Great Depression • Expanding government services • welfare, social security, jobs programs • lesser extent, supported civil rights laws • John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Baines Johnson • Continued the tradition • Civil Rights Act of 1964 • Created Medicare and Medicaid • Expanded welfare

  16. History of the Republicans • Born in 1854 • Support of abolitionists • Wanted strong federal government • Abraham Lincoln • First Republican elected President • Radical Republicans • Responsible for pushing Reconstruction efforts in South • Late 1880s • Became known as big business party

  17. Republican Party was born amidst free and slave state tensions in 1850s. Tended to find more support in the north.

  18. History of Republicans • 1920s • Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover • Laissez faire economics (free market) • Isolationism • Favored small government • Against taxes • Thought economy could take care of itself

  19. Republicans came to be associated with elephants due to the political cartoons of Thomas Nast in 1874.

  20. The Republican Party transforms, 1968. • Party of North to one of South and West • Richard Nixon’s Southern Strategy • Proclaimed support of states rights • Promised to make US safer • Today • Policies that limits government size and cuts taxes

  21. What are the differences between Republicans and Democrats today?

  22. Democrats Larger government Progressive tax system (wealthy pay a larger share than the poor) Against international free trade agreements Claim such agreements hurt American workers, unions Believe in balanced budget Willing to raise taxes if needed Protect American businesses from international competition Republicans Smaller government Free market agreements with other countries, like NAFTA Against raising taxes even if it means budget deficit Believe in global trade Don’t protect US businesses from international competition The Economy and Taxes

  23. Democrats Cut the military budget Avoid American military intervention unless supported by the United Nations Believe in diplomacy Slow to go to war Republicans Strong military Willing to pay for it with government money Believe in confronting enemies with or without UN support Use military intervention when American interests or security threatened, more quickly National Defense and Security

  24. Democrats Government should provide broad safety net health care, education, welfare, food stamps Policies to help common good Compassionate Republicans Government should limit or reduce the safety net Private businesses and non-profit charities can provide same services Entitlements- Welfare, Medicaid, Social Security, Health Care

  25. Democrats Rehabilitation programs over long prison sentences Against death penalty Focus on rights of accused Republicans Prison sentences as a deterrent to crime For death penalty Stiffer penalties Crime and Punishment

  26. Democrats Favor stricter regulations to protect environment Believe global warming is a real threat Republicans Fewer restrictions hopes wealthier companies will be able to be more environmental Do not believe global warming is a real threat Environmental Protection

  27. Democrats Pro-choice woman should always have the right to choose Favor stem-cell research Republicans Pro-life- do not believe that women don’t have a right to have an abortion call abortion a form of murder Against stem-cell research Abortion and Stem Cell Research

  28. Democrats Researching alternative energy sources for the future Republicans Securing existing energy sources for the present and future Energy Policy

  29. Democrats Oppose using tax money for school choice Republicans Favor using tax money for school choice Education

  30. Democrats Looser immigration laws “Amnesty” for illegal immigrants already in the country Republicans Stricter immigration laws Some favor punishment or deportation for illegal immigrants already in the country Immigration

  31. Democrats Republicans Check Out How Each Party Feels About Issues That Are Important to You?Which Candidate Do You Agree With?

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