chapter 9 summary - Political Parties
This section of our textbook covers information about political parties and how they affect the government here in the United States. However before we constitute we must first define what a political party is. A political party is a group that seeks to elect candidates to public offices. Political party exists in three arenas: Among the voters who psychologically identify with it, as a grassroots organization staffed and led by activists, and as a group of elected officials who seek to act on its ideals. the party primarily is an organization that takes on various forms at the local level. These include the political machine, the ideological party, the solidary group, the sponsored party, and the personal following.
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