| Term | Definition |
|---|
| political party | an organization to gain political power |
| major parties | in American politics, the Republican and the Democratic parties |
| partnership | a contract between two or more persons who agree to pool talent and money and share profits or losses |
| minor party | A small political party that rises and falls with a charismatic candidate or, if composed of ideologies on the right or left, usually persists over time; also called a third party. |
| two party system | political party system with two major political parties |
| plurality | A ELCTION WITH TWO OR MORE OPITIONS |
| bipartisan | supported both sides |
| party in power | party that controls a exeutie side of the branch |
| single member district | a electorial district in which voters choose one representive or offical |
| pluralistic society | a societty of many differnt groups |
| consensus | agreement in jugment or opion on the subject |
| multiparty | a system in which sevral major parties most popular amoung euopene |
| coalition | the union of diverse things into one body or form a group |
| one party system | political partie system that has only one officle political party |
| incumbent | or current offive holder |
| factions | or conflicting groups |
| electorate | the people that are elgible to vote |
| sectionalism | has plagued the nations for many of years sectionalism |
| ideological parties | are those based on particular set of beliefs |
| single issue parties | concentrate only on one public policy matter |
| econmic protest parties | have been rooted in periods of econimic discontent |
| splinter parties | are those that have split away from one of the majior parties |
| ward | is a unit into which cities are often divided for the elction of the city council |
| precint | is the smallest unit of elections adminstration |
| split ticket voting | or voting for candidates of differnt partiesfor differnt offices |
| suffrage | means to vote |
| franchise | is anthor term for the same meeting |
| electorate | the potential voting poulation |
| transients | or persons living in the state for only a short time |
| registration | is the procdure of the voter identification intended to prevent fradulant voting |
| purging | those who are no longer elgible to vote |
| poll books | in those places are clutered with a large number of persons who no longer meet voting requrments |
| poll tax | as a conditiopn for voting |
| gerrymandering | is the pratice of drawing electioral lines |
| injuntiion | is a cort order that either compels |
| precleatrance | the departments of justice |
| off year elections | in the congresstional elections held in even numberd years |
| poltical efficacy | si the lack of any sense of their own influences |
| political socialization | whhich people gain there political attitudes and opions |
| gender gap | and it first apperead in the presdentional election of 1980 |
| PARTY IDENTIFICATION | An informal and subjective affiliation with a political party that most people acquire in childhood. |
| STRAIGHT TICKET VOTING | practice of voting for candidates of only one party in an election |
| SPLIT TICKET VOTING | voting for candidates of different parties for different offices at the same election |
| INDEPENDENTS | people who have no party affiliation |
| NOMINATION | the act of officially naming a candidate |
| GENERAL ELECTIONS | USED TO FILL ELECTIVE OFFICAL |
| caucus | a closed political meeting |
| direct primary | were they directly select there votes q |
| closed primary | a primary in which only registered members of a particular political party can vote |
| open primary | a primary in which any registered voter can vote (but must vote for candidates of only one party) |
| blanket primary | a primary election in which each voter may vote for candidates from both parties |
| runoff primary | When no candidate receives a majority of votes, an election held betweent eh two candidates who received the most votes in the primary |
| nonpartisan election | A local or judicial election in which candidates are not selected or endorsed by political parties and party affiliation is not listed on ballots. |
| absentee voting | voting without going to the polls on Election Day |
| coattail | the loose back flap of a coat that hangs below the waist |
| precinct | a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes |
| polling place | a place where voters go to cast their votes in an election |
| ballot | a choice that is made by voting |
| political action committee | commtiee formed bye a speical interest group |
| subsidy | a grant paid bye the goverment to a enterprise |
| soft money | is given to a state and loacal party orginations |
| hard money | or campaign money that is subject to regulation bye the fec |
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