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| party organization that recruits voter loyalty with tangible incentives and is characterized by a high degree of control over member activity |
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| the selection of party candidates through the ballots of qualified voters rather than a party nominating conventions |
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| politics that focuses on specific issues rather than on party, candidate, or other loyalties |
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| candidate-centered politics |
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| politics that focuses directly on the candidates, their particular issues, and character, rather than on party affiliation |
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| shifting of party coalition groupings in the electorate that remains in place for several elections |
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| election that signals a party realignment through voter polarization around new issues |
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| gradual rearrangement of party coalitions, based more on demographic shifts than on shocks to the political system |
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| party meeting held in the presidential election year for the purposes of nominating a president and vice presidential ticket and adopting a platform |
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| general decline in party identification and loyalty in the electorate |
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