POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hubert Humphrey, Approval Voting, The Literary Digest

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1101
• Professor: Gurian

Document Summary

Mass behavior- the way that people act in politics, and relationships between the people and the government. The people control the politics and the government through. Every once in a while, the party system changes as new issues arise and people switch parties; instability occasionally occurs. Some political sciences deny a pattern in these instabilities. Line of party cleavage - line that separates the progressive party from the conservative party, or that separates parties in general. Party leaders like things that unite, not divide their party. Progressive and conservatives loose and gain members based on new lines of cleavage. Realignment of the party system- parties change what they stand for. Realignment definition: a realignment is a sharp and lasting change in party loyalties of major voting groups. A stable party system lasts about 30 years in the us. Polarizing: everyone agrees disagrees one way or another, not very much middle ground.