US Gov't U2 Exam SP23

American Political Party System

• Two-Party System
• meeting of a small group of people to select the candidates they will support
• dramatic increase
• the candidates and officeholders who serve at all levels of government

Radical

• Cannot violate any restrictions or provisions set out in the Constitution
• favors extreme change to create an altered or entirely new social system
• formed because of the debate over the constitution and was in favor of limited/small government
• formed from the Whig party and antislavery Democrats and drew support from farmers, laborers, businesses, and freed African-Americans

liberal

• American tradition of joining organizations
• Amendments and Civil Rights Acts
• may be made by any American, but can't be anonymous and can be limited in amount
• believes that government must take action to change economic, political, and ideological policies thought to be unfair

conservative

• the party professionals who run the party at all levels by contributing time, money, and skill
• the candidates and officeholders who serve at all levels of government
• seeks to keep in place the economic, political, and social structures of society
• formed from the Whig party and antislavery Democrats and drew support from farmers, laborers, businesses, and freed African-Americans

reactionary

• A voting district
• favors extreme change to restore society to an earlier, more conservative state
• supported by two parties
• formed because of the debate over the constitution and was in favor of the new constitution and stronger national government

Major Functions of America's Party System

• Primary election in which any voter, regardless of party, may vote.
• nominating candidates, gaining public support, winning elections
• the party professionals who run the party at all levels by contributing time, money, and skill
• past way of limiting voting rights

party organization

• supported by two parties
• the party professionals who run the party at all levels by contributing time, money, and skill
• nomination by petition
• Primary election in which any voter, regardless of party, may vote.

party in government

• dramatic increase
• the candidates and officeholders who serve at all levels of government
• levers on voting machine, punch card, mail-in ballot
• supported by two parties

party in the electorate

• parties that have split away from one of the major parties
• scientific research polls
• the millions of voters who identify strongly with a particular party and support its policies
• A voting district

federalist party

• Religious qualifications for voting were eliminated by 1810; By 1850, almost all white males could vote in every State
• formed because of the debate over the constitution and was in favor of the new constitution and stronger national government
• the candidates and officeholders who serve at all levels of government
• the millions of voters who identify strongly with a particular party and support its policies