Describe the major groups who form the coalition for the two major political parties. Why do these groups support either the Democratic party or the Republican party?
Question and Answer Assignment – The 7th Party System!
Your next assignment is Questions and Answers writing assignment describing the details our current party system, the 7th. This assignment should be 800-1000 words when completed. Although many political analysts have argued for years about whether a new party system is emerging, at this point all of the signs are there. To complete this assignment, I am providing links to three 7th party system articles written by Chris Vance. Please, do not do any outside research, these articles have you covered for this assignment. Also, although I mentioned the “essay assignment”, please turn this in as a bullet-point question and answer assignment.
2020 Could Usher in a New Era of One-Party Dominance (Links to an external site.)
2020 Will Create a New Party System and Transform American Politics
https://chrisvance-12345.medium.com/2020-will-create-a-new-party-system-and-transform-american-politics-a79aaa722903
Questions/Prompts:
You should be writing 2-3 complete paragraphs for each question/prompt. Remember, your completed assignment should be between 800-1000 words.
1. Describe the major groups who form the coalition for the two major political parties. Why do these groups support either the Democratic party or the Republican party?
2. Describe one major realignment(s) from the 6th party system to the 7th party system. Who realigned and why is the realignment significant?
3. How do you fit into this theory? In other words, based on your identity do you support the major party that the majority of people like you support? Why or why not?
Here is the grading rubric:
