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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 political party | a group of people who would like to be elected to hold public office |
| nominate candidates | what do political parties do? |
| 1. get word out 2. campaigning 3. take positions | how do political parties get candidates elected? |
| spokesperson | being known for standing for certain issues, democrats(big), republican(small govt) |
| social issues | standing for issues that can be important for people |
| 1. framers only wanted one party 2. found that more people were satisfied with 2 middle of the road candidates | why is there a two party system? |
| tradition | 1. most people are used to it 2. find themselves in one or the other |
| multiparty system | several strong parties, more people can identify more with a party problem: lots of bickering |
| one party system | no bickering but easy for corruption |
| president's role in parties | to act as the figure of the party, same head of the party not in power |
| separate the party into small groups, no central system | what does federalism do? |
| pits one party member against the other, weaken system | what does nomination system do to parties? |
| national convention | presidential nomination |
| national committee | people who are asked to run te convention from diff. states |
| national chairperson | in charge of committee, chosen by the person who's nominated |
| congressional campaign committees | in charge of getting congresses seats back |
| state party committees | states chairperson who back the governor, states and parties focus on winning parts of districts and wards |
| 1. less people see themselves as demo or rep 2. split-ticket boting 3. internal conflict 4. technology 5. rise of social issues | decline of parties(5) |
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