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| # | Title | Terms | Date |
| 1 | Political Parties/Primaries and Caucusesby hxl3 | 21 terms | October 30, 2009 |
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | a closed political meeting | 38 sets | |
| 2 | a private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office | 32 sets | |
| 3 | a private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates. | 25 sets | |
| 4 | type of private political meeting | 17 sets | |
| 5 | private meeting of a group of people in a political party to select officers or determine policy; cf. the caucus club of boston | 14 sets | |
| 6 | smaller group within an organization | 14 sets | |
| 7 | a meeting usually held by people working toward the same goal | 11 sets | |
| 8 | a closed meeting of members of a political party or faction | 11 sets | |
| 9 | n. a private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates. | 10 sets | |
| 10 | a meeting of local party members to choose party officials or candidates for public office and to decide the platform. | 10 sets | |
| 11 | a closed meeting | 10 sets | |
| 12 | smaller group within an organization; a meeting of such a group | 10 sets | |
| 13 | a meeting of local party members to choose party officials or candidates for public office and to decide the platform | 10 sets | |
| 14 | a closed committee within a political party; a private committee meeting | 9 sets | |
| 15 | a meeting held by a political party to choose their party's candidate for president or decide policy | 8 sets | |
| 16 | (n.) a meeting usually held by people working toward the same goal (the ironworkers held a caucus to determine how much of a pay increase they would request | 8 sets | |
| 17 | (n.) a meeting usually held by people working toward the same goal (the ironworkers held a ___ to determine how much of a pay increase they would request. | 8 sets | |
| 18 | a meeting of members of a political party | 7 sets | |
| 19 | private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy | 7 sets | |
| 20 | a closed meeting of members of a political party | 7 sets | |
| 21 | a meeting of party members to select delegates backing one or another primary candidate | 7 sets | |
| 22 | a meeting of the members of a political party to make decisions; to assemble in or hold a caucus | 6 sets | |
| 23 | an association of congress members created to advance a political ideology or a regional, ethnic, or economic interest | 6 sets | |
| 24 | a meeting of the members of a political party to make decisions | 6 sets | |
| 25 | a private political meeting | 5 sets | |
| 26 | meeting | 5 sets | |
| 27 | a meeting of local party members to discuss and choose party officials or candidates for public office; iowa | 5 sets | |
| 28 | closed meeting | 5 sets | |
| 29 | private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office | 5 sets | |
| 30 | private meeting | 4 sets | |
| 31 | a meeting held by a political party to choose their party's candidate for president or decide policy. | 4 sets | |
| 32 | (n.) a meeting usually held by people working toward the same goal | 4 sets | |
| 33 | a private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates | 4 sets | |
| 34 | a political meeting, oft. private, to decide on matters of policy or select candidates | 4 sets | |
| 35 | a meeting of people, often in an auditorium or church basement where they vote on who they would like their party's nominee to be | 4 sets | |
| 36 | meeting where party leaders are elected and strategy is determined | 4 sets | |
| 37 | a meeting of the members of a political party | 4 sets | |
| 38 | a private meeting | 4 sets | |
| 39 | as a nominating device, a group of like-minded people who meet to select the candidates they will support in an upcoming election | 4 sets | |
| 40 | meeting of members of a political party to determine the party's official position on issues, and to choose party leadership. in legislative caucuses, or conferences, members of a party in a chamber of legislature meet to choose the party leadership in that chamber and to agree on a party position on upcoming legislation. in local party caucuses, party members in a ward or town meet to choose party officials and candidates for public office, as well as determine the party platform on local issues. | 4 sets | |