Compare And Contrast Political Parties

There are two main political parties in the United States: the Democratic Party and Republic party; these two parties have existed over 150 years. A political party is an alliance between people who share the same ideologies, interests and work together to accomplish a goal. Their main goal is to attain political power through representation in government. In the United States, political parties nominate candidates by holding primary elections. They elect their candidate to run for office and represent their party. We have a winner take all system in which a candidate is chosen by plurality votes. Therefore, political parties attempt to recruit as many voters possible who share similar interests so they can vote for
Candidates and political parties work closely together to achieve their goals. Political parties are beneficial for candidates because they organize campaigns, find experts to plan successful strategies, run ads promoting their candidate, but at the same time attack the opponents candidates, and get people out to vote. For example, they help raise money to advertise their electioneers and to get their message out. One way political parties raise money for campaigns is by sending it’s president to campaign hustings, where the party’s top fundraiser can speak as well. For example, during the elections of 1999-2000, Bill Clinton attended to 295 fund-raising events and collected $160 million for the Democratic congressional candidates. Most currently, president Barack Obama attended more than 250 fundraising events during his first term in office to obtain financial help. Even though political parties are indispensable for candidates, there are also disadvantages. One of the possible disadvantages is the consequence of the transaction and conformity cost, which is the difference between what the candidate prefers and what the party requires. After candidates join a party alliance they need to maintain the value of their party even though party’s ideas