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| A group that seeks to elect candidates to public office by supplying them with a label by which they are known to the electorate. |
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| Political faction within the Republican party that opposed the "party regulars." opposed heavy emphasis on patronage, party machinery, and immigration. |
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| Critical/ Realigning Periods |
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| Periods where a sharp and lasting shift occurs in the popular coalition supporting one or both parties. Happens when the issues that divide two parties change, thus the voters in each party change. |
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| Five known Realigning Periods (Elections) |
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1) 1800- Jefferson Republicans defeat Federalists
2) 1828- Jacksonian Democrats rise to power
3) 1860- Whigs collapse, Lincoln's Republicans rise to power
4) 1896- Republicans defeat William Jennings Bryan
5) 1932- Roosevelt's Democrats rise to popwer |
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| Voting for candidates of different parties for various offices in the same election. For example, voting for a Republican for senator and a Democrat for president. |
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| Voting for candidates from all the same party. For example, voting for a Democratic president but a Republican congressman |
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| Office-bloc (Massachusetts) Ballot |
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| Ballot that lists all candidates by office, which prevents voters from voting for a straight party ticket by checking one box. |
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| Party-column (Indiana) Ballot |
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| Ballot that lists all candidates for the different office elections (president, senate, house, etc.) in one list or grouping, making it easy to vote a straight ticket |
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| A party convention that meets every four years to nominate a presidential candidate (and vice president candidate) and to ratify the party's political platform |
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| A committee of delegates from each state and territory that runs party affairs between national conventions |
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| Congressional Campaign Committee |
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| A party committee in Congress that provides support and funds to members who are running for reelection or to would-be members running for an open seat or challenging a candidate from an opposing party |
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| A full-time employed and paid member of a party who handles the day-to-day work of a party. He or she must be elected by the national committee |
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| Party leaders and elected officials who become delegates to the national convention without having to run in primaries or caucuses |
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| A party organization that recruits its members by the use of tangible incentives like money or jobs. Usually has strong leadership control over member activities |
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| Type of political party where emphasis is on principles. Fewer incentives and less central leadership than the Machine. For example, Socialists, Libertarians, etc. |
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| Social rewards that lead people to join local or state political organizations. People who find politics fun and want to meet others who want to meet others with similar interests are suckers for solidary incentives |
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| Group of people who get together not for tangible incentives, but because they simply love politics and whatnot. Typically weirdos. |
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| A strong party created via another organization in the community that can sponsor a local party. For example, the United Auto Workers sponsoring Democratic party in Detroit. |
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| Following of political activists that will campaign for a candidate and then disband until the next election. |
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| Electoral system with two dominant parties that compete in state or national elections, and where third parties have little chance of winning (The Nader Complex). Practiced in 15 countries. |
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| Election system where the winner is he who gets the most votes, but not necessarily the majority of votes. |
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| Meeting of party-followers in which party delegates are picked |
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