POLS 2312 1st Edition Lecture 11 Outline of Last Lecture I Article 17th Amending II Unitary Governments III Confederations IV Federal Limits on States V Amendments A 14th amendment B 19th amendment C 26th amendment Outline of Current Lecture I Political Parties II Functions of Parties III IV V VI Two Party System J M Lozano Partisan Polarization Political Socialization Current Lecture l The U S Constitution makes no mention of political parties in fact early leaders held negative attitudes about parties The Federalists and the Ant Federalists set the stage for parties ll Parties nominate and elect members to public office and simplify issues for voters for better understanding They mobilize voters run the government and divide it lll Major parties make an effort to absorb 3rd parties 3rd parties hardly ever make it to power and they must receive at least 5 of votes in previous election to appear on ballot lV These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute In 2011 J M Lozano switched to the Republican Party and for the 1st time they exceeded 100 members in the Texas House of Representatives Republicans now had supermajority enabling them to pass legislation with little interference from a minority party V Partisan Polarization is the degree to which Republicans have become more conservative and Democrats more liberal Vl Political Socialization is the intro of people into political culture learning underlying beliefs and values on which a political system is based
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