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POLITICAL PARTIES Not mentioned in Constitution Washington’s warning Farewell address Madison’s concern Federal paper #10

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Page 1: POLITICAL PARTIES Not mentioned in Constitution Washington’s warning Farewell address Madison’s concern Federal paper #10

POLITICAL PARTIES

Not mentioned in Constitution

Washington’s warningFarewell address

Madison’s concernFederal paper #10

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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

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History of Political Parties in the U.S.

Election of 1824 caused parties Jackson and Democrats Whigs

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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

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Effects of Political Parties in U.S.

Benefits of parties Legitimacy of results Responsibility Predictability

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Effects of Political Parties in U.S.

Political Parties in Legislative Bodies Organization Discipline

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Effects of Political Parties in U.S.

U.S. two party system U.S. system favors two parties

Republican

Democrat

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Effects of Political Parties in U.S.

Parties weaker than in other countries More decentralized Separation of powers

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Effects of Political Parties in U.S.

Results of two party system Stability Similarity between parties

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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

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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

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POLITICAL SYSTEMS IN OTHER COUNTRIES

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Israel--Proportional representation

Knesset--members represent the entire nation of Israel

People vote for parties, not candidates

InteriorExterior

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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

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Israel (cont.) Example

Nationwide Republicans 500,000 Democrats 400,000 Reform 300,000

Results Republicans 50 Democrats 40 Reform 30

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Israel (cont.) The Current Knesset

One Israel 26 Likud 19 Shas 17 Meretz 10 13 others with 1-7 members

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Israel (cont.)

Prime Minister Direct election by people since 1996 A no-confidence vote in the Knesset

results in a new election

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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

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Israel (cont.)

Pros and cons?