| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Federalist | Considered to be the first political party in the United States |
| Two-Party System | Political party system with 2 major political parties |
| One-Party System | Political party system that has only one official party |
| Multi-Party System | Political Party system that recognizes 3 or more major political parties |
| US,Canada,Australia,South Korea,Spain | Example of Two-Party Systems |
| France,Germany,Italy,India,Israel,GB | Examples of Multi-Party Systems |
| North Korea,Iraq,Cuba,Nazi Germany,Japan | Examples of One-Party system |
| coalition | Two or more political parties join together and gain control of the government |
| don't offer policies considered too extreme, policies don't change drastically, they offer policies near public opinion | Advantages of Two-Party Systems |
| political party | Term that describes the range of a person's views on government(politics) |
| Federalists and Anti-Federalist | First american political parties |
| the progressive party, american-independent party, ross perot- people's party | Examples of the third parties |
| farmers, working people, middle class, small businesses | supporters of the democratic party |
| northern bankers, merchants, manufacturers, southern plantation owners | supporters of the republican party |
| Democrats-middle class | traditional "liberals" in the US |
| Republicans | traditional "conservatives" in the US |
| they all took voters from the leading candidate to their party | impact of 3rd parties on Elections of 1912,1968,and 1992 |
| 18 years+, citizens of the US, residents of state and election area for 30 days | requirements for people to register to vote in PA |
| primary | election in which choose the candidates from each party who will run in the general election |
| general election | election in which voters choose their leaders for elected offices |
| convicts, people in mental institutions, anyone under 18 | groups not permitted to vote |
| don't know how, don't care , just moved | reasons why people don't vote |
| precincts | the local party level which makes voting easier for citizens |
| straight ticket | voting for all candidates from one political party |
| secret ballot | anonymous voting method that helps to make elections fair and honest |
| independent | voters who are not members of a political party |
| party platform | held to select the each parties official Presidential and adopt the party's platform statement of a party's views and policies |
| split ticket | voting for candidates from more than one political party |
| popular vote | vote of the people in a "General Election" |
| electoral college | the official vote for the President of the US |
| political party | Represents people who have similar ideas on how a government should be run |
| tee shirts, posters, fliers, billboards, tv, radio, stickers | methods of promoting a Candidate |
| reach millions of people in just a short amount of time | advantages of advertising on television |
| misinterpretation, only 30 to 60 seconds to get information out | disadvantages of advertising on television |
| afraid of drastic change in a short amount of time | democrats and republicans avoid voting for people who have extreme views because |
| exit polls | a survey of voter's decisions that gives an indication of the outcome of an election |
| referendum | ballot questions that allow the voters to make the decision themselves |
| run-off ballot | special elections between two candidates to decide a disputed election result |
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