Civics- Political Parties
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- political party
- an associative of voters with common interests who want to influence government decisions by electing a candidate from their party
- one party system
- system where the party & the government are the same (china)
- multi-party system
- three or more parties compete for government control (canada)
- two-party system
- two parties dominate the political system
- democratic-republican party
- Thomas Jefferson/wanted to limit the power of national government/more power to the states/protect individual rights/strict interpretation of the constitution("if it doesn't say it you can't do it
- federalist party
- alexander hamilton/wanted a strong national government & strong president/ loose interpretation of constitution("the government should do what is necessary for the nation")
- whig party
- party between 1830&1850 that became the republicans
- third party
- challenges the other two parties, can affect the outcomes of elections and may influence government and policy
- platform
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- plank
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- republican
- less government involvement
- democrat
- more government involvement
- populists
- 1890s made up of farmers&laborers, called for direct election of senators&eight hour working day
- progressives
- around 1900; wanted reforms in society; biggest candidate was theodore roosevelt after his presidency
- single-issue parties
- arise tp promote an issue(prohibitionist partyin 1872 wanted to ban the sale of alcohol