The American Democracy, 10th Edition (Patterson)Chapter 8:
Political Parties, Candidates, andCampaigns: Defining the Voter's ChoiceChapter Outline
- Party Competition and Majority Rule: The History of U.S. Parties
- The First Parties
- Andrew Jackson and Grassroots Parties
- Republicans versus Democrats: Realignments and the Enduring Party System
- Today's Party Alignment and Its Origins
- Parties and the Vote
- Electoral and Party Systems
- The Single-Member-District System of Election
- Politics and Coalitions in the Two-Party System
- Seeking the Center
- Party Coalitions
- Minor (Third) Parties
- Party Organizations
- The Weakening of Party Organizations
- The Structure and Role of Party Organizations
- Local Party Organizations
- State Party Organizations
- National Party Organizations
- The Candidate-Centered Campaign
- Campaign Funds: The Money Chase
- Organization and Strategy: Political Consultants
- Voter Contacts: Pitched Battle
- Air Wars
- Ground Wars
- Web Wars
- In Retrospect: The Consequences of the Last War
- Parties, Candidates, and the Public's Influence
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