political parties.ppt
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Political Parties
9-25-2006
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Parties
• What’s Good- Simplicity- Focused Objectives- Strength in numbers
• What’s Bad- Lack of options- Does your vote matter?- Minority opinions are silenced
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Who wants to be a candidate?
• Primary – Election before the election. In Indiana, primaries happen in May.
• Convention – Delegates decide at a Convention.
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Hoosier Candidate!
• Primary – Federal Offices (Senator, House Representative, President)
• Convention – Statewide candidates (except Governor) Treasurer, Auditor, and Secretary of State.
• Slating – Party endorses candidates that are in a primary.
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Structure of Parties
State Chair
National Chair
County Chair
Township Chair
Precinct Committeemen
Ward Chair
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Party Leadership
Republican National Chair Ken Mehlman
Democrat National Chair Howard Dean
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Indiana Party Leadership
Republican State Chairman Murray Clark
Democrat Chair Dan Parker
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County Leadership
• Democrats – No idea… sorry ☹
Marion County Republican Chair Mike Murphy
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It keeps going…
• Franklin Township Chair – Tim Ping
Pictured w/ wife Jennifer Ping Marion
County Auditor Candidate
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More…..
• Ward Chair – Teresa Young
• Precinct Commiteeman – John ‘high on the totem pole’ Schaefer
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We be Clubbin’!
• Downtown GOP Club• Marion County Young Republicans• Federation of Republican Women• New Generation of Republican Women• College Republicans• 1st Republicans • Benjamin Harrison Republicans
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Where are parties the strongest?
2004 Presidential Historical ‘Swing’ Voters
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Rock the Vote!
• Party Based Voters – Support the Party, and the Party alone.
• Issue Based Supporters – Vote on a single issue(s) regardless of Party.
• Candidate Based Voting – Pick on the person, and not the Party.
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Head of the State – Change is good (every once in awhile)
• 20 years of Republicans ended w/ Evan Bayh
• 16 years of Democrats ended w/ Mitch Daniels
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Strengths
• Republicanso Far Christian Right
• Democratso Unions
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Party Negative Stereotypes
• Republicans – RICH GET RICHER… POOR GET POORER! MWA HAHA!
• Democrats – God hating baby killers
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3rd parties
• Is it wasting your vote?• Is it fair?• There are tons!!
• Psst… don’t tell anyone that I’m really a Libertarian
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Politics Today
• Republicans losing popularityo In power for too longo Iraqi Waro Counterterrorism methods
• Democrats have an opportunityo Capitalize on weaknesseso Develop alternatives and a ‘blue print’