Prior to beginning work on this week’s journal, read chapters 8, 9, and 10 in , watch the video, , review the Week Four Instructor Guidance, and review your results from the Political Typology Quiz. Political parties mobilize voters to win elections and implement policy goals. Parties use their stated policy goals (i.e., their platforms) as a way to mobilize voter support. Generally, in order to be successful in a two-party system, parties must have policy goals across a broad range of issue areas to appeal to a broad range of voters.