POLS 207 Lecture 12

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Party Primary Systems

p. 170

  1. open
  2. closed
  3. mixed

County Government

Oldest local government is county.
Oldest municipal government is mayor/council.

municipal provides services, but local provides policies and rules.

Negative Campaigning

Fear and negativity are very powerful deterrent


Why are there 2 political parties?
"Us v. them", competition, heritage
New Deal shifted the arena from local governments to federal government.