u.s govt p2

election stuff ish not rlly

Political party

a group of people with shared political interests who organize to nominate candidates, win elections, influence gov policy, and control gov

one-party system

-not democratic -party=gov -gov policy=party -party membership=closed -party members=elite -political opposition=fat no -citizens have no civil liberties -ex. communism, Taliban, etc

Multi-party system

-democratic -very common (Canada, Jp) -3+ major pol. parties -must use party plurality to form a political coalition gov

two-party system

-democratic -2 major parties -lesser influential parties -u.s

History

not described in const. -og’d in cong -1790s=2 groups

Hamiltonians

-A.Ham -morphed into federalist party -rich -north -dominated gov -1790s-1801 -faded away 1801-1828

Jeffersonians

TJ -later dep-rep party -poor -south -dom-gov -1790s-1878