Vocab
An organization of people holding similar ideas about politics and seeking to have members elected to government.
Political Party
What two groups eventually became the first political parties?
Federalist and Anti-Federalists
These are the two things that Political parties are trying to enact.
Policy and Programs
This is the Republican Party stance on aborition
Pro-life
A system established to address social concerns and challenges, usually in the form of a governmental organization.
Program
A person identifying as this usually falls somewhere between both the Democratic and Republican parties
Moderate
Political parties help to organize these every year (in November0
Elections
The Democratic Party Stance on guns and gun policy
Pro-gun control
A formal set of policy goals which are supported by the political party, in order to appeal to the general public and receive votes during elections.
Party Platform
This is the nickname for the Republican party
GOP (Grand Old Party)
A big reason for political parties to help coordinate decisions on this between both the branches and levels of government
Policy
This is the Republican Party view on affirmative action
A racially blind society
What did Washington warn us about during his farewell address?
People would use political factions/parties to take over the gov't
A group of people with a common political purpose, especially a subgroup of a political party that has interests or opinions different from the rest of the party.
Faction
In general, what are the goals of someone that identifies as conservative?
Seek to keep in place the economic, political, and social structures of society
What does it mean when we mention majority and minority parties?
Majority Party = the political party that has the most members in the legislature
Minority Party = the political party that has less than 50% of the total members
The Democratic Party view on crime
Caused by social issues like poverty. Concerned about defendant’s rights with certain groups disproportionately accused/punished
Citizens who identify with a political party.
Party in the electorate
What is the name given to those at the far ends of the political spectrum and which way do they lean?
Radical: leans left
Reactionary: leans right
How can the minority party check the majority party?
The minority party can can stall or block bills they dislike from becoming law
Each parties view on increasing taxes, especially for those that are considered "rich"
Democratic: okay
Republican: Not okay
Why didn't the framers of the constitution want political factions (parties)
They believed factions would only promote the interests of their own members & feared the strongest faction would control gov’t