POL SCI 1 Lecture 8: Political Parties (1)

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL SCI 1
• Professor: Ashcroft Richard

Document Summary

Politicians need parties to form legislative coalitions and win elections. Voters need parties as the label helps them hold politicians accountable. Party: a body of men united for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed. edmond burke. To succeed overr time, parties need to keep people in office. Need to win elections, party organisation helps. Develop issues and education of the public. Mobilise voters and help overcome free-rider issue. Duverger"s law: plurality elections tend to favour a two-party system.