POLI 1090 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Divided Government
22 Mar 2018
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More women identify as democrats; more men identify as republicans. White catholics and protestants are more likely to identify republican: latino catholics and black protestants - democrats, class does not break down cleanly. Those lower on the ses still tend to support the democratic party. Higher ses more likely to vote gop: of course, demographics don"t predict partisanship for any one person, ideology. Moderates split between the two: region. Republicans strong in south and mountain west. Democrats strong in west coast, midwest, northeast. Parties & elections : mobilization: getting out the vote. Turning out their base on election day. Operate phone banks, put up yard sings. Parties subsidize the costs of informing and mobilizing voters: facilitating voter choice. Americans vote on many more of cials than most mizens of other countries do. This requires americans to be informed about more candidates. People use party as an info shortcut when making voting decisions. Parties & government : parties in congress.
