What are they Why were they formed George Washington Warns Against Political Parties Let mewarn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of Party It serves to distract the Public Councils and enfeeble the Public Administration agitates the Commu ID: 476418
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Development of Political Parties
What are they?Why were they formed?Slide2
George Washington Warns Against Political Parties
"Let me...warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of Party..." "It serves to distract the Public Councils, and enfeeble the Public Administration.... agitates the Community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one.... against another.... it opens the door to foreign influence and corruption...thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another
.“George Washington
Farewell Address, 1796
In this passage, George Washington speaks about political parties. How does Washington feel about political parties? Use words or phrases from the speech to support your opinion.
Why do you think Washington feels this way?
Based
on the country today, was Washington correct in his believes?Slide3
What is a political party?
A
group of people who share common views on the government and work to get candidate they support elected to office.Slide4
Political Parties
Political parties aren’t mentioned in the Constitution
The first 2 parties in this country were: 1. Democratic-Republicans
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Thomas Jefferson
2
.
Federalist-
Alexander
HamiltonParties have changed names and views over the years.Jefferson HamiltonSlide5
TWO-PARTY SYSTEM
TWO-PARTY SYSTEMIn the U.S. we have 2 major political parties-
Republicans (aka GOP-Grand Old Party)DemocratsThese 2 parties dominate politics
and
win major elections.
All smaller parties (not Democrats or Republicans/) are called
third partiesSlide6
TWO PARTY SYSTEM
Democrats
RepublicansSlide7
Thomas Nast CartoonsSlide8
Thomas Nast CartoonSlide9
THIRD PARTY
Many have influenced elections-Populist, Progressives.
Problems with 3rd Parties:
1. Hard to get enough
support
to win elections.
2. Harder to raise
money
, b/c there are fewer members.
3.
No third party has ever won a presidential election
, rarely win other elections.Slide10
Influence of 3rd
Parties
Take votes away from 2 major candidates (ex. Ralph Nader, Green Party in 2000 Presidential Election)Slide11
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES
A.
Candidates who are not a member of a party
.
B. People who often cannot get support from 1 of the main parties will run as an independent.
C. There are a couple of independents in the U.S. CongressSlide12
Political Parties Around the World
Political parties are found all over the world.Not the same parties found in the U.S.Ex.-Canada has 3 major parties, Germany has 5, etc.
The influence government in their own countriesSlide13
HOW DO I KNOW WHAT THE PARTIES BELIEVE?
Many people do not know what the two parties favor.
Each party writes a
PLATFORM.
PLATFORM-
a series of statements that express a parties views, principles, and believes on election issues.
PLANK
-is an individual part of a platform.
Ex
.-Gun Control, War in Iraq, Social SecuritySlide14
Campaign for Candidates
Political parties raise money, volunteer to help candidates, help candidates get across their ideas
, and most importantly-VOTE!!!Inform citizens through campaign commercials, pamphlets, websites, and debatesSlide15
PARTY PLATFORM WEBSITES
http://www.gop.com/http://www.democrats.org/a/party/platform.html