Recruiting candidates
CLEP American Government, Chapter 26 Recruiting candidates Recruitment is the work of finding and encouraging people to seek office under a party label. Party leaders look for more than agreement on issues. A prospective candidate must be able to survive the nomination contest, explain a record, raise money, withstand public scrutiny, and appeal to the […]
Functions of political parties
CLEP American Government, Chapter 26 Functions of political parties Political parties seek to win public office under a shared label and use that victory to organize government. To do so, they recruit candidates, choose nominees, raise resources, mobilize voters, develop platforms, coordinate campaigns, and structure legislative leadership. Parties also aggregate interests: they combine demands about […]
