Political Parties
Internet Assignment
10 Points
Directions: Do not
submit anything online. Do not give your email address. Do not enter any chat
rooms.
Go to the following
website: http://www.politics1.com/parties.htm
Scroll through the
list of political parties (this isn’t even a complete list) in the
Choose 3 Parties. Go
to their websites.
Do the following in a
Word Document. Print out your results.
For each one, write a paragraph that answers the following questions. What is the name of the party? What is their symbol? Copy their symbol and paste it into the text. List 3 elements of their platform. Are they a major or minor party? Are they more issue oriented or election oriented? If they are a minor party, are they an issue oriented minor party or an ideological minor party? Would you vote for them?
(Definition of platform:
declaration of the principles and policies of a political party.)