political parties not mentioned in constitution washington’s warning farewell address madison’s...
Post on 12-Jan-2016
222 Views
Preview:
TRANSCRIPT
POLITICAL PARTIES
Not mentioned in Constitution
Washington’s warningFarewell address
Madison’s concernFederal paper #10
History of Political Parties in the U.S.
Initially, Federalists & Anti-Federalists (Republicans)
Republicans from 1800-1824 Federalists withered away Era of good feeling--coalition
History of Political Parties in the U.S.
Election of 1824 caused parties Jackson and Democrats Whigs
History of Political Parties in the U.S. Republican party developed because of
slavery issues Republicans, Democrats, and sporadic
3rd parties ever since Perot Ventura
Effects of Political Parties in U.S.
Benefits of parties Legitimacy of results Responsibility Predictability
Effects of Political Parties in U.S.
Political Parties in Legislative Bodies Organization Discipline
Effects of Political Parties in U.S.
U.S. two party system U.S. system favors two parties
Republican
Democrat
Effects of Political Parties in U.S.
Parties weaker than in other countries More decentralized Separation of powers
Effects of Political Parties in U.S.
Results of two party system Stability Similarity between parties
Effects of Political Parties in U.S.
U.S.--Winner-take-all Each House member
represents part of a state People vote for candidates,
not parties Top vote getter in each
election wins
Effects of Political Parties in U.S.
Example Each of the 435 races
Republicans 1,000,001 Democrats 1,000,000 Reform 200,000
Result 435 Republicans elected to House of
Representatives But the President could be a Democrat
POLITICAL SYSTEMS IN OTHER COUNTRIES
Israel--Proportional representation
Knesset--members represent the entire nation of Israel
People vote for parties, not candidates
InteriorExterior
Israel--Proportional representation
Each party has a prioritized list of candidates
120 seats are awarded in proportion to votes received by each party Minimum of 1.5%
1. Rubenstein
2. Goldfarb
3. Ben Gurion
4. Ben Gay
Israel (cont.) Example
Nationwide Republicans 500,000 Democrats 400,000 Reform 300,000
Results Republicans 50 Democrats 40 Reform 30
Israel (cont.) The Current Knesset
One Israel 26 Likud 19 Shas 17 Meretz 10 13 others with 1-7 members
Israel (cont.)
Prime Minister Direct election by people since 1996 A no-confidence vote in the Knesset
results in a new election
Israel (cont.) Prior to 1996
The coalition that got at least 60 votes picked one of its members as Prime Minister
This is a Parliamentary System Still used in many countries, e.g, Japan
Israel (cont.)
Pros and cons?
top related