Political Parties Reading AP US Government and Politics

Assignment: Using the Political Parties Reading, please complete the following questions.

1. List and describe the 3 components of a modern political party.

a. Local parties are responsible for organizing elections and rallying voters
for the party.

b. State parties focus on electing party-centered governors and other

important state officials.

c. National parties officially nominate the party’s presidential candidate and

host national conventions.

2. Define: Party-in-the-electorate
They are members of the voting public who consider themselves to be part of a
political party.

3. Describe the purpose of the necessity of the Party-in-the-electorate for the

political party. Political parties need their politicians to be elected to gain power.
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4. Create a Venn Diagram below that represents the differences between Party
Party Identifier
Identifier and Party Affiliation. Party Affiliation

People that call

People openly themselves a
support the member of the
party in public. Both party without
support a registering as
particular that part of the
party party.

5. Create a chart that represents the Local, State, and National Party Organization.
Be sure to include important characteristics (i.e. vocabulary, roles,
responsibilities, membership, etc.)
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Local Party State Party National Party

Most of the power is in States work on electing The national party elects
local parties as they hold governors, senators, and the presidential
responsibility for local representatives at the candidate.
elections and state level.
improvements.

6. Describe the role of a national convention.

7. Explain how changes in technology have influenced political parties.