A Level Politics eBook - Representative Processes in the USA - US Parties
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The second in a new series of A Level Politics eBooks by Andrew Ellams examines the core specification topics related to US political parties.
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HISTORY OF THE US PARTY SYSTEM
The Federalists and Democratic- Republicans
The ‘Great Depression’ and the New Deal coalition
The slow fracturing of the New Deal coalition
PARTISANSHIP IN THE ELECTORATE
The decline in party identification
Partisan renewal in the electorate
Arguments for the 50/50 nation
Arguments against the 50/50 nation
Arguments against the Red State/ Blue State divide
A HISTORY OF PARTISANSHIP AND PARTY IDEOLOGIES
1896-1938 – The partisan era
1938- 1963 – The bipartisan era: “age of bargaining”
1963- 1998
The slow diminution of bipartisanship
Newt Gingrich and the rebellion from the right
1998 – present – The era of “hyperpartisanship”
2009- 2010 – The Obama first year:
Bipartisanship scorned
The Healthcare debate
Climate Change
IDEOLOGICAL FACTIONS IN THE PARTIES
The Democrats
The Republicans
PARTY ORGANISATIONS
The background
The national party organisations
The state/ local party organisations
Third parties in the US political system
The Tea Party
Why is there a two party system?
Electoral realignment in 2008
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