| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Third parties | more issue-based than major parties |
| Nominating function | recruiting and choosing candidates for office |
| Informer/stimulator | Take stand on issues and criticize opponents |
| Watchdog | Party out of power checks on party in power |
| Muti-party systems | have arange of issues |
| One party systems | do not allow expression of ideas |
| two-party systems | allow for free expression of ideas |
| ideological parties | based on a set of beliefs |
| single issue parties | limited to one point or issue |
| economic protest parties | based on money issues |
| splinter-group parties | break away from the major parties |
| Libertarian party | an example of an ideological party |
| green party | an example of a single-issue party |
| Greenback aprty | an example of an economic protest party |
| Teddy Roosevelt's Bull Moose Progressive Party | broke away from the republican party in 1912 |
| national convention | creates party rules and rallies supporters |
| denver colorado | 2008 democratic convention held here |
| st paul minnesota | 2008 repulican conenvention held here |
| Democratic Presidential Nominee | Barak Obama |
| Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee | Joseph Biden |
| Republican Presidential Nominee | John McCain |
| Republican Vice Presidential Nominee | Sarah Palin |
| Moderates | those in the middle |
| liberal | those slightly to the left |
| conservative | those slightly to the right |
| liberal | democrats are generally ___________ |
| conservative | republicans are generally __________ |
| radical | those on the far left |
| reactionary | those on the far right |
| 15th amendment | black men the right to vote |
| 19th amendment | women the right to vote |
| 26th amendment | 18 year olds the right to vote |
| federal elections | people more likely to vote |
| ballot fatigue | people vote more at the top of the ballot than at the bottom |
| aliens | can't vote |
| mentally handicapped | can't vote |
| prisoners | can't vote |
| time zone fallout | when people in the west refuse to vote as polls close in the east |
| political efficacy | people with a high sense of this will vote no matter what obstacles they encounter |
| convention | large meeting to choose nominee |
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