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they bring people together to achieve control of the government, develop policies favorable to their interests or the groups that support them, and organize voters to elect certain candidates

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Because members of both parties are so unwilling to compromise, they vote down party lines, leave not room for flexibility, and therefore the majority party has all the power because few (if any) members cross over

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Candidates with personality that appeal to voters but are not favored by party can raise funds through PACs and Super PACs, as well as through direct donations from voters, this means the candidate can be successful without adhering to traditional party platform

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Give the party less power over the nominees, give more power to the people, historically party leaders made most of the decisions and had most of the influence, the progressive era brought change that led to direct voter decisions in nominations

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Majority Party determines leadership, which determines committee assignments, calendar, and policy direction/priorities

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Recruiting Candidates
Raise Money
Mobilize Voters
Nominate Candidates
Inform Voters
Create a Platform
Help Fellow Party Members Running for Office

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A.) The two important functions of political parties are streamlining messages and organizing the government.

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Direct primaries make it so non voin the 2 main p

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The differences in ideologies strengthen the influence in congress because congress members vote based more on the party they are associated with.

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One important role of political parties within congress is they try and get bills to pass. They do this by trying to keep their party the majority in Congress and try to keep hold of all political decisions.

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Those who fall under a political party will almost always vote in the best interests of the party, even if it is against the individuals values, so that the party remains strong, and gets things done.

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Candidate centered campaigns weakened political parties’ influence over the political processes by creating campaigns that were less about the issues and more about the individual running.

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Direct Primaries : give parties less control over the election and nomination process of candidates.
Candidate- centered campaigns : candidates appeal directly to voters and appeal directly to PACS.
-sky Haug

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1.Represent broad interests
2.Organize and control government

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Political parties will almost always vote on their parties issues in Congress. This makes it pass if that party is the majority in Congress, especially since the president will make sure they have majority.

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B) One important role political parties play within Congress to promote the party's public policy agenda is to endorse their candidates and link up with them for support.People choose which party to identify with and which candidate to support.

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FRQ(D)- Party polarization strengthens party influence because it pushes back opposition and lets the major parties well known and powerful.