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Linkage Institutions
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Mind Map on Linkage Institutions, created by Tania Tait on 21/04/2019.
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Linkage Institutions
Political Parties
Main Goal: To nominate candidates for public office and to get as many of them elected as possible
Functions
Recruit & Nominate candidates
Educate & mobilize voters
Provide campaign funds & support
Organize gov activity
3rd Parties
Contribute to the political process
Bring light to new issues
Reveals political divides
Interest Groups
Organizations dedicated to a particular goal or set of goals
They have grown due to bringing up issues that other parties don't emphasize
Types:
Economic
Public Interest
Government
P.A.C
Strategies:
Electoral: -Political donations -Endorsements -Direct Lobbying -Testifying before Congress
Non-Electoral: -Socializing -Rallying their membership -Propaganda
Pluralism: A theory that political power is widely distributed
The Media
3 Roles
Watchdog
Scorekeeper
Gatekeeper
Influences agenda by showing stories they believe are important
Officials use the media to communicate to the public about politics
Leak: Gov officials that share secret info to the media
Elections
Types of Elections
Caucus: A meeting sof local party members during a primary election
Open Primary: Party members, independents, & members of another party are allowed to participate
Closed Primary: Only a party's registered voters are eligible to cast a ballot
Type of Voting
Straight-ticket: If one votes for all of one party's candidates
Split-ticket: Voting for candidates of different parties for various offices in the same election
Electoral College: Representatives from each state who cast the final ballots that actually elect a president
Superdelegates: National party leaders who automatically get a delegate slot at the Democratic national party convention
National Convention
Nominate candidates
Draft a party platform
Rouse delegates
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