⇒ National Committees are the only manifestation of the party structure at a national level. Both the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Republican National Committee (RNC) organise their respective conventions (every 4 years)
Congressional Committees:
⇒ Each party has a series of committees in both houses overseeing policy and campaigning (in 2012, the Chair of the Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee was given much credit for their successful Senate campaign having gained 2 seats when they were expected to lose significantly)
State-level organisation:
⇒ Considerable power is vested in state governors and mayors of big cities.
⇒ Increasingly the state and local parties are dominated by:
⇒ Now check out our notes on the Democratic party and the Republican party
⇒ Also check out our notes on partisanship and the party system