Xlandia: The Election Process by Lillian Mazeika https://padlet.com/986731/v1oxdw0dme7v en-us 2016-12-01 16:59:19 UTC 2025-12-02 11:36:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rocket.png Ch.8 - Q.1 84869 https://padlet.com/986731/v1oxdw0dme7v/wish/141179347
  • How do political parties help to connect people to the government?
    • - Make people feel involved
    - Too many people for everyone's voice
    - Represent broad view of connected ideas for gov
    - General ideas are given to gov for implementation
    - Help to narrow representation for the people, legislative and executive

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  • How have parties adapted to the changing nature of elections in the US?
    • - Fund more media based campaigns
    - Focus on issues of general election
    - Focus on issues that their main audience cares about
    - Changed to adopt views of public and form their own views
    - Appeal to specific individuals
    - Focus on campaigning more than just issues
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  • What structural barriers exist within the US political system that prevent third parties from being successful during elections?
    • - Two-party system forces a majority vote, minorities can't gain popularity
    - No moola
    - No 3rd-party support within gov
    - Have to compete with well-known politicians
    - Have to sign by law under a major party for representation
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  • What function do political parties serve within the US government?
    • - Represent interests of people in the country, with emphasis on own party
    - Make voting easier for people to narrow candidacy
    - Bring people together 
    - Persuade people to vote their way
    - Have common ideologies among people in their groups
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  • How have political parties both lost and maintained power within the political process?
    • - Maintained by splitting fed gov
    - Lost by holding majority rule in fed gov of opposite party
    - Lost as no party has truly had full control over White House
    - Lose power as there is constant rotation in power of each branch
    - Maintain power through two-party system
    - Lost/Maintain based on party history
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