40 political parties today
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Select and Support
-Selecting Candidates
-Supporting Candidates
-Patronage
Select and Support
-Selecting Candidates
-Supporting Candidates
-Patronage
Select and Support
-Selecting Candidates
-Supporting Candidates
-Patronage
Information
-Informing the Public
-Keep voters aware of party goalsand objectives
-help candidates get elected tooffice
-Methods??
People’s Beliefs
-Grassroots Movement
-term applied to a political idea ormovement that starts with citizenorganization
-Popular Sovereignty
-idea that people have the right torule themselves
-more involved citizens
Watch Dogs
-Political Parties keep watch overeach other
-why???
-insures good government
-alerts citizens to corruption
Linking Government
-Parties help connect the differentlevels of government
-President
-Congress
-Governors
-State Legislatures
-Local Governments
Party Roles Today
-Parties are weaker today than inthe past
-less party loyalty
-more media influences
-non-partisan elections
-Elections are do not allow the useof political parties---usually forposition that are seen as non-political such as school boards