WINNING POLITICAL POWER:
The most important function of a political party is to win political power in order to put its ideology into practice.
Every party has its own ideology and manifesto, the manifesto contains what the political party intends to achieve if elected into power. When a party wins election, it gains the political power to carry out its ideology.
CRITICISM:
STIMULATING PUBLIC OPINION:
Every party has its own ideology and manifesto, the manifesto contains what the political party intends to achieve if elected into power. When a party wins election, it gains the political power to carry out its ideology.
PROPOSING CANDIDATES:
Political parties project or propose all the candidates needed to stand for the elections into different offices. The political parties will first of all do party nominations before the candidates stand for elections.
It’s the duty of parties to select who represent their party in different position of government during election.
It’s the duty of parties to select who represent their party in different position of government during election.
EDUCATING THE ELECTORATE:
Another vital function of political parties is to educate the electorate on the need to participate in election, educating the electorate help increase their morale on the need to cast their vote wisely during election.
Many persons will fail to vote if not because of the training or political education given to the voters by political parties.
Many persons will fail to vote if not because of the training or political education given to the voters by political parties.
CRITICISM:
Political parties carry out propaganda agenda which aim at criticizing the party in power and the activities to the people. Therefore political parties always oppose the actions of other political parties especially the parties in power.
Political parties criticize other political party in order to gain electorate attention to their party manifesto.
Political parties criticize other political party in order to gain electorate attention to their party manifesto.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR GOVERNMENT:
Political parties may be expected to assume responsibility for the behavior of their members in office. The amount of responsibility varies according to the degree of control exercised by the central party organization.
STIMULATING PUBLIC OPINION:
By their activities between and during political campaigns, political parties help to form public opinion.
However, the discriminating person needs to consult the utterances of the major parties and be able to draw a balance in order to understand most of the issues at stake.
However, the discriminating person needs to consult the utterances of the major parties and be able to draw a balance in order to understand most of the issues at stake.
It is the duty of a political party to find out the opinion of the electorate towards their selected party flag bearer, in order to ensure that their party flag bearer stand the chances of being elected into political offices.