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Yueh-Ting Tsai
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Yueh-Ting Tsai
Period 5B
people with similar interests who have the same political views. Most clubs
have charters from the county organization, but clubs are also formed as
groups against the county organization. There are also independent clubs
that do not always follow the lead of high party authority. Almost all district
leaders and public office holders belong to political clubs in their districts.
Clubs help to spread the electoral system and encourage citizens to become
politically active. Membership in these grassroots clubs gives people an
opportunity to have an exchange of views and also work together to improve
government. Control of club leadership is important. Referring to Manhattan
in the 1940s and early 50s, almost all the Democratic Party political clubs
were under the direction of the Democratic county organization at the time,
which was led by Tammany Hall. During the late 1950s, a series of reform
Democratic clubs came into being. These new clubs challenged the Tammany
clubs for gaining new members and also the two groups of clubs would
support different candidates for party leadership in party primaries. During
the citywide Democratic Party primaries in 1961, the reformers won most
party positions. The reform clubs received a lot of the credit for their election
successes. So much in politics depends on having a good organization and
plan of action. Good leadership and resources also contribute to winning
elections. Today, political clubs do not exist the way they did 50 or 60 years
ago. Times have changed and there is not the same amount of interest as
there was years ago, but political clubs form the basis of our local political
structure and will for many years to come. It can be said that clubs help form
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our political democracy. When the media refers to the actions of political
parties, they for the most part are referring to the actions of elected
members of Congress, state Legislatures and national political party leaders.
The national media rarely refers to local club actions except in small town
weekly newspapers. The local political club has been with us a long time and
helps keep our political system intact.
So technically the political clubs today are a little different from the Jacobin
club during the French Revolution that is because we now have different kind
of working governments and also different views in politics. But there are
some things that are the same such as that the political clubs and Jacobins
club are helping the people to get the things they want such as a better
leader or to have human rights. Both clubs rely on Democratic. The clubs
grow rapidly and many people are joining it and it is spreading around the
world fast. Both clubs heavily effect the government or ruler because it
shows what the people want and that they are not afraid to do anything to
get it. The Jacobins were very big groups consisted of people with the same
interest goals and etc so that was what brought them together to defy the
government from wrong doings. All clubs today and also the Jacobins
wanted equal things and not have the government or official to be corrupt
and destroy the country. Both could lead to war if no side agrees with each
other.
Yueh-Ting Tsai
Period 5B