40 political parties today

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