Post on 26-Dec-2015
POLITICAL SURVEY
1. GUESS WHERE YOU FALL ON THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM.
2. FOLLOW ALONG WITH OUR QUIZ
3. ANSWER A FEW MORE QUESTIONS….
HISTORY OF POLITICAL PARTIES
Political parties not mentioned in Constitution.
Why did they form? People had different ideas about how government should work.
HISTORY OF POLITICAL PARTIES
Political parties not mentioned in Constitution.
Why did they form? People had different ideas about how government should work.
RATIFICATION OF CONSTITUTION
FEDERALIST PARTY: supported central government & liberal view of Constitution
Leaders: Alexander Hamilton
Supported George Washington and John Adams as president
Who: Business men, wealthy people
RATIFICATION OF CONSTITUTION
ANTI-FEDERALIST: less powerful central government with strong, independent states.
Leaders: Thomas Jefferson
1800s
1800: Federalists lost power when Thomas Jefferson defeated John Adams.
DEMOCRATIC- REPUBLICAN PARTY:
(Jefferson and James Madison)
Limited government and power for average man.
1800s
By 1816, Federalist party lost most of its members
Democratic-Republican party split into different parts
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
1827, Andrew Jackson left Democratic-Republican Party
Wanted common people to be more active and help government.
1828 Jackson elected president
REPUBLICAN PARTY
1854: several groups combined together
Opposed slavery
1860: Abraham Lincoln won President
ROLE OF MINOR PARTIES
Also called Third Parties
Take away votes from major parties Affected 2000 campaign
(Ralph Nader)
Influence the outcome of elections.
Address issues that appeal the major party. Major parties may support
those issues.
CHALLENGES MINOR PARTIES FACE
Not enough $$$
Not enough support
Newspapers & TV don’t give much attention.
CHALLENGES MINOR PARTIES FACE
Third Party Websites List
President & Vice President Nominations
CHALLENGES MINOR PARTIES FACE
Libertarian Party - extremely limited government.
Wants wants a free market system,
expanded individual liberties,
foreign policy of nonintervention
free trade,
open immigration
CHALLENGES MINOR PARTIES FACE
Green Party - environment, social justice, nonviolence, and a foreign party of nonintervention.
In 2000, the Green party's presidential nominee was Ralph Nader.
CHALLENGES MINOR PARTIES FACE
Reform Party - national government reform, fiscal responsibility, and political accountability.
The Reform Party is currently struggling internally and dealing with criticism that says they lack an identity.