Still a fascist

Still an ass…

The Three Components of the Party

“There is not a dime’s worth of difference between the Democratic and Republican parties.” - Gov. George Wallace

Membership435 Reps.

Party Divisions255 Democrats178 Republicans1 Independent 6 Non-voting(DC & Puerto Rico)

 

Membership100 Senators

Party Divisions57 Democrats41 Republicans2 Independent(Caucus w/ Dems)

Tim CaineDNC CHAIRMAN

Michael Steele RNC CHAIRMAN

NORTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN PARTY• 1506 Hillsborough St.• Raleigh, North Carolina 27605• Tele. (919) 828-6423 • Fax. (919) 899-3815 www.NCGOP.org

Molly BethMalcolm-TDPChairwoman

The Collin County Republican Party2520 Avenue K Plano, Texas 75074Plano, Texas 75074-5342Phone: (972) 424-2122E-mail: chairman@collincountygop.com

PUBLIC OPINION SHOWS THAT MORE AND MORE AMERICANS ARE GETTING FED UP78% of Americans Think the Economy Is in Bad Shape; 74% Say It's Not Getting Better

Join the Sign War- Place a sign in your yard or office window. Drive around your neighborhood to make sure signs didn’t come down overnight. Make sure candidate signs are up and looking sharp.

Act as a Designated Driver- Drive volunteers to targeted precincts and get voters to the polls. Mail in Absentee Ballots- Make sure your friends and neighbors send in their absentee ballots early.

“Serve the Democratic Party by increasing political participation among all segments of the Democratic Community.”•African Americans•Asian Pacific Islander Americans•College Democrats•Ethnic Americans•Gay & Lesbian Americans

•Latino/Hispanic Americans•American Indian•Senior Americans•Young Democrats•Veterans & Military•Women

REPUBLICAN PLATFORM 2000-Renewing America’s Purpose. Together.

The 2000 DemocraticNational Platform:Prosperity, Progress, and Peace

Party Identification

All Gore Bush Nader

Democrat 39 % 86 % 11 % 2 %

Republican 35 % 8 % 91 % 1 %

Independent 27 % 45 % 47 % 6 %

Anti-Choice Justices

Mixed JusticesPro-Choice

Justices

Roberts(Bush ‘43)

Kennedy(Reagan)

Kagan(Obama)

Scalia (Reagan) Ginsburg (Clinton)

Thomas (Bush ‘41) Breyer (Clinton)

Alito(Bush ‘43)

Sotomayor (Obama)

“I want you to imagine walking into Baskin Robbins to get an ice cream.

You go up to the counter, look in the case, and see only two flavors – chocolate and vanilla.

"What happened?" you ask.

"I thought it was 31 flavors." The attendant looks back and you and says "No. We changed our minds.

We think two flavors is enough.“- Howard Ditkoff

Multiparty Systems

Advantages• Provides broader

representation of the people.

• More responsive to the will of the people.

• Give voters more choices at the polls.

Disadvantages • Cause parties to form

coalitions, which can dissolve easily.

• Failure of coalitions can cause instability in government.

"It takes five times as many more petitionsignatures forour party tobe on the ballot than a major name candidate,"

Georgia passed a law in 1943 requiring that new party and independent candidates submit a petition signed by 5% of the number of registered voters in order to get on the ballot for any office. The result has been that since 1943, there has not been one third party candidate on the Georgia ballot for U.S. House of Reps.

- Over 40,000 Oklahomans signed petitions to place Nader on the ballot, but that wasn't enough! - Oklahoma has the highest signature requirement, per capita, of any state in the country - Oklahoma's signature deadline (July 15) is one of the earliest (only 8 states are earlier) - Oklahoma is one of only 7 states that don't allow write-in votes for U.S. President

The states in which the Libertarian Party now has ballot status are: AZ, CA, DE, GA, ID, IN, KA, MN, MS, MO, MT, NV, NM, OR, SC, SD, TX, UT, VT, WV, WI, and WY (22 OUT OF 50)

“The increase in independent voters in recent years has presented a challenge to political candidates, who no longer can rely on their parties to deliver the bulk of their votes.”

“One of the striking features of the 1996 election results is how voters in Democratic regions have become more Democratic, while voters in Republican regions have become more Republican."

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REPUBLICAN CONTRACT WITH AMERICA- 1994As Republican Members of the House of Representatives and as citizens seeking to join that body we propose not just to change its policies, but even more important, to restore the bonds of trust between the people and their elected representatives.

Another view of partisanship: the percentage of party-unity votes on which a member agreed with a majority of his party House

Average Democrat: 80% Average Republican: 91%

Senate Average Democrat: 81% Average Republican: 89%

The Democratic Steering and Coordination Committee is responsible for building coalitions with Democrats at all levels of government, and with advocacy organizations in pursuit of the policy objectives of the Senate Democratic Conference. The Chairman of the Democratic Steering and Coordination Committee is appointed by the Minority Leader.

State and Local Party Machinery State and local party organization varies from State to State, but usually follow

the general principles below.