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| Federalist Democratic Republican Era (1788-1824) |
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"Era of good feeling"
Loyal opposition and peaceful transfer of power
Federal legacy
"King Caucus"
Federal Judges controlled courts |
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| Jacksonian-Whig Era (1824-1856) |
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Democrats vs Whigs
Corrupt bargain - economic/territorial
Westward expansion, slavery, Mexican American War
Mass mobilization/hemisphere expanision
Mass based political parties |
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| The Civil War Era (1856-1896) |
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Republicans vs Democrats
Sectional politics
Slavery
Republican dominance until 1870's
Balanced party competition
Industrialization and "bloody shirt" politics
Reconstruction, Congressional dominance, high political participation, industrialization, large urban workforces, child labor, worst phases, political machines |
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Jennings Bryan (D) vs McKinley (R)
"Free silver" (inflation) vs Gold standard, tariff
South, lower midwest and Mountain West vs Upper Midwest and East
Big win for Mckinley and Republicans
Democrats don't contribute for roughly 30 years |
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| Major progressive reforms |
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Definition
Civil Service Reform - creation of modern civil service. Merit based, non partisan.
Australian ballot - voting technique: secret ballot.
Direct Election of US senators - 17th amendment. Made parties very powerful
Direct Primaries - election where citizens cast ballots to see who will represent a party in an election
Shifting of national, state and local election dates
Non partisan elections |
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| 2nd Republican Era (1896-1968) |
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Definition
Republicans vs Democrats
New Deal Coalition
Great Depression, social welfare problems, Cold War, Civil Rights
Domination by Democratic party, WWII Korea and Vietnam, breaks in southern branch of the party decline in voter participation
President becomes very important |
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| Post New Deal Era (1968-today) |
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Definition
Republicans vs Democrats
Balanced rep. and dem. for white house and congress
Economics and the budget, post material and contemporary social values, Cold war and post Cold war politics, abortion, lifestyle issues
Weakened partisanship, balanced and divided government
Republicans conservative side on civil rights
Democrats lost their conservatives, became liberal
Presidency became weaker |
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Definition
| Equal protection applies to legislature |
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| Equal protection applies to US House of Representatives |
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| Standards of State Legislative Responsibility |
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Definition
Population Equality
Contiguity and Compactness
Voting Rights Act
Single-member districts
Communities of interests |
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| Democratic Party nomination process |
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Definition
proportional to vote share
Greater weight to states with a history of Democratic Party suport
Super Delegates
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| Republican Party nomination process |
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Definition
More state centered
Simpler process
No super delegates
Winner take all
Simpler allocation rules - no additional weight given to states for history of rep. party support |
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The strength of socialization varies, and appears to have grown weaker in recent decades.
Still, correspondence between highly political attuned and partisan parents and their children's political beliefs and affiliation is strong. |
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| Retrospective and Prospective voting |
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Definition
Inflation - republicans tend to better in years when this is an issue
Unemployment - dems tend to do better with this issue. |
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Term
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Definition
| Voters quick to punish but not quick to reward |
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| Campaign contributions to candidates, candidate committees, federal campaign committees and others that are subject to FECA regulations |
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Money contributed directly to political parties for "party building" activities
made illegal under Bipartisan Reform Act (2002) |
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| 4 main ideas of political parties |
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Definition
seeks power in government
exhibits structure or organization
links leaders at the center
generates symbols of identification and loyalty |
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Term
| What are the functions of parties? |
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Definition
organize like minded people in legislatures and electorates
mobilize the electorate
provide a collective brand name |
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Term
| Reapportionment revolution |
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Definition
| basic feature where all legislature has to have matching district population based on state populations |
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| scale of political organization and political competition |
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