Understanding the Political System of Florida

This presentation provides an overview of the political system of Florida, including the use of primaries, state party organizations, campaign methods, makeup of state legislature, party issues, and more. It also includes a background on the political structure of the USA. Students can access study material, solved assignments, essays, and dissertations on Desklib.

Understanding the
Political System of
Florida
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Background - Political Structure of
the USA
 The United States of America has a political system which is
characterized by the following elements –
 The element of liberal democracy
 A Federal republic system
 Presidential mode of governance with the President being the supreme
leader of the State
 Constitutional Republic (Waldron, 2017).

Understanding how Primaries are
Utilized in Florida
 The state of Florida happens to be a stated that is characterized by a
closed primary system.
 Those who wish to take part in partisan primary elections need to be
registered voters.
 Registered voters can vote on issues as well as non partisan candidates
during any primary election, regardless of their party affiliations.
(Waldron, 2017).

State Party Organizations in Florida
 The major political parties in Florida are
 The Republican Party of Florida
 The Florida Democratic Party
 Minor political parties in Florida are as follows –
 Florida Green Party
 Florida Libertarian Party
 Constitution Party of Florida
 Ecological Party of Florida
 Reform Party of Florida (Jewel, 2017).

Campaign Method of State
 Both active physical door to door and on the road campaigning and
social media campaigning is engaged in by candidates running for
political office in Florida (Kung & Rudger, 2015).
 Social media campaigns prove to be the most effective, reaching out to
the largest number of voters in the most limited time frame (McNair,
2017).

Makeup of Florida State Legislature
The state legislature of Florida is comprised of the following
Total Number of Members of the Florida Senate – 40
Total Number of Women in the Florida State Legislature – 48
Professions of People serving in the Florida Senate – Doctors, Lawyers,
Teachers (Neumann, 2017).

Re-districting and Approportioning
 Democratic Districts – 10
 Competitive Districts – 5
 Republic Districts – 15 (Wilkins & Stark, 2017).

Legislative Institutionalization of
Florida
The Florida state legislature is a bicameral body
It is comprised of an upper chamber, a lower chamber and a senate, and a
House of Chambers
There are as many as 160 people serving in the Florida legislature. 40 of
these are in the senate and 120 in the House (Neumann, 2017).

Party Issues in Florida
 Some of the key issues faced by political parties in Florida are around
the following –
 Immigration
 Health care
 Gun use and gun control
 Budget policy
 Abortion
 Foreign policy (Wilkins &Stark, 2017).

References
 Jewell, M. (2017). The politics of reapportionment. Routledge.
 Kung, Y. M., & Rudner Lugo, N. (2015). Political advocacy and practice barriers: A survey of
Florida APRNs. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 27(3), 145-151
 McNair, B. (2017). An introduction to political communication. Routledge.
 Neumann, F. L. (2017). Anxiety and politics. tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique.
Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society, 15(2), 612-636.
 Waldron, J. (2017). Is the rule of law an essentially contested concept (in Florida)?. In The Rule
of Law and the Separation of Powers (pp. 117-144). Routledge.
 Wilkins, D. E., & Stark, H. K. (2017). American Indian politics and the American political system.
Rowman & Littlefield

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