Welcome!

Hello everyone!

My name is Kate, and this is my blog for Poli Sci 421: Party Politics in America. I'm a senior, and I'm finally graduating in December with a major in English (Professional/Technical Writing) and a minor in Journalism and Mass Communication. In addition to school, I work at a bakery and a nursing home, and I'm also interning with Professor Leslie Whitaker who writes a syndicated column for a bunch of newspapers across the country. In my free time (ha!) I like to knit, do yoga, play video games (WoW and Diablo are my favorites), and religiously follow the presidential election and the news in general.

This is the first political science course I've ever taken, and I'm pretty nervous about it. I've been a politics junkie since the 2004 election, but I never had time in my schedule for a poli sci class until now. I hope I can keep up with all of you Political Science majors! But I'm really interested in the concept of political parties, and I hope that this course will help me not only understand parties better, but also teach me more about politics overall.