Slides

1. POL 375
Fall 2017

5. ELECTORAL DIFFERENCES
 Dual Democratic
Legitimacy
 Timing
 Electoral Base
 Coattail Effects
INSTITUTIONAL DIFFERENCES
 Separation of Powers
 Different Constituencies
 Divided Government
 “Vanishing Marginals”
 Chamber Control
 Political Importance?
 Success Rate / “Batting Average”
 Hyperpartisanship and
Polarization

7.  Appointments
 Loyalty vs. Competence
 Benefits to Naming Loyalists
 Challenges to Competence
 Reorganization
 Replacement
 Layering – Political appts. above career personnel
 Informal Methods – Leave job open; recess appts.