The New Deal Coalition

1
The New Deal Coalition

• Working Classes and Union Members
• White Ethic Groups
• Catholics and Jews
• African Americans
• The poor
• Southern Whites

2
Major Political Parties in the U.S.

• Democratic Republicans
• Democrats

• Federalists
• National Republicans
• Whigs
• Republicans

3
The Reagan Coalition

• Economic Conservatives
• Social Conservatives
• Religious Fundamentalists
• Southern Whites concerned about racial issues and
  affirmative action
• Internationalists and anticommunists

4
Responsible Political Parties

• In theory, political parties function to organize
  majorities around issues and to win public office
  to implement their agenda.
• To Do This They Must
• Adopt a Platform
• Recruit Candidates
• Inform the Public about the Platform
• Organize and Direct Campaigns
• Organize the legislature to ensure party control
  in policy making
• Hold their elected officials responsible for
  enacting the platform

5
Types of Primaries

• Open Primary
• Voters cast a ballot in either partys primary.
• Closed Primary
• Voters can only cast a ballot in their own
  partys primary.
• Blanket Primary
• All candidates run in the same primary election.

6
National Party Structure

• National Conventions
• National Chairs
• National Committees
• State Central Committees
• County Committees
• City, Ward, and Precinct Committees

7
Realignments

• 1824 - Jackson, Democrats
• 1860 - Lincoln, Republicans
• 1896 - Bryan, Democrats
• 1932 - Roosevelt, Democrats
• 1968 - Nixon, Republicans?