| Term | Definition |
|---|
| First American Political Parties | Federalist and Anti-Federalists |
| National Party Nominating Conventions | Held to select the each parties official Presidential and adopt the party's platform |
| Popular vote | vote of the people in a "General Election" |
| Groups not permitted to vote | convicted felons, patients in mental institutions, and those not registered |
| Exit Polls | a survey of voter's decisions that gives an indication of the outcome of an election |
| Reasons why people don't vote | apathy, not registered, recently moved, no transportation |
| Straight Ticket | Voting for all the candidates from one political party |
| Advantages of advertising on television | Ability to reach millions of Americans very quickly |
| Political Spectrum | describes the range of a person's views on government (politics) |
| Examples of Multi-Party Systems | Israel, Australia, Great Britain |
| Coalition governments | two or more political parties join together to form a majority and gain control of the government |
| Requirements of people to register to vote in Pa. | U.S. citizen, Pa. resident for 30 days, 18 years of age or older |
| Precincts | the local party level which makes voting easier for citizens |
| Referendum | Ballot questions that allow the voters to make the decision themselves |
| Traditional "liberals" in the U.S. | Democratic Party |
| Political party | epresents people who have similar ideas on how a government should be run |
| Methods of promoting a Candidate | endorsements, television and radion advertisements, posters, newspapers, button, t-shirts, etc ... |
| National Party Nominating Conventions | Held to select the each parties official Presidential and adopt the party's platform |
| Split Ticket | Voting for candidates from more than one political party |
| Example of Two Party Systems | United States, Spain, Canada, Germany |
| Multi-Party System | political party system that recognizes 3 or more major political parties |
| General Elections | election in which voters choose their leaders for elected offices |
| Traditional "conservatives" in the U.S. | Republican Party |
| Advantages of Two-Party Systems | Provide stabiltiy and experienced leaders |
| One Party System | political party system that has only one official political party |
| Disadvantage of advertising on television | They are very expensive and they are very general due to the lack of time |
| Federalists | considered to be the first political party in the United States |
| Democrats and Republicans avoid candidates who have extreme views | they are trying to get candidates elected and voters are scared of candidates with extreme views |
| Secret Ballot | anonymous voting method that helps to make elections fair and hones |
| Electoral Vote | The official vote for the President of the United States |
| Primary Elections | Election in which voters choose the candidates from each party who will run in the general election |
| Examples of Third Parties | Libertarian, Constitutional, People's, Natural Law, and American Heritage Parties |
| Supporters of the Republican Party | Upper Class and Big Business |
| Impact of 3rd parties on Elections of 1912, 1968 and 1992 | nfluenced the outcome of the Presidential election by taking votes away from a candidate |
| Run-off Elections | special elections between two candidates to decide a disputed election result |
| Examples of One Party Systems | Nazi Germany, U.S.S.R., Cuba, China, Japan |
| Supporters of the Democratic Party | Middle Class and Small Business |
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