Parties and Elections

For Thursday, read:

• Nathaniel Persily and Charles Stewart III, "The Miracle and Tragedy of the 2020 U.S. Election," Journal of Democracy, April 2021, https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the-miracle-and-tragedy-of-the-2020-u-s-election/

BALLOT OR BULLET?  A Dramatization:

 Party in the Electorate (PIE)

• A cinematic map of presidential voting
• Historical party affiliation  (Party registration and party affiliation or identification are not the same thing)
• Recent trends
• Party coalitions

RELIGION AND THE PARTY COALITIONS

Party in Government (PIG)

• Party Divisions in the House
• Party Divisions in the Senate
• State Government Control 

Party Organization (PO)

Party Outside Groups (POG)