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| A group of persons who seek to control government through the winning of elections and the holding of public office |
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| Republican and Democrat Parties are examples of this |
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| Allegiance to a political party |
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| A political system dominated by two major parties |
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| A party that is not widely supported |
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| Electoral district from which one person is chosen by the voters for each elected office |
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| In an election the number of votes that the leading candidate obtain over the nest higest candidate |
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| A society which consists of several distinct cultures and groups |
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| General agreement among various groups on fundamental matters; broad agreement on public questions |
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| A system in which several major and many lesser parties exist seriously compete for and actually win public offices |
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| A temporary alliance of several groups who come together to form a working majority and so to control the government |
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| A political system in which only one party exists |
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| The current office holder |
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| All of the people entitled to votein a given election |
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| A narrow minded concern for, or devotion to the interests of one section of a country |
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| Parties based on a particular set of beliefs, a comprehensive view of social, economic, and political matters |
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| Parties that concentrate on only one public matter |
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| Parties rooted in pooor economic times, lacking a clear ideological base, dissatisfied with current conditions and demanding better times |
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| Parties that have split away from one of themajor parties |
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| Aunit into which cities are often divided for the election of city council members |
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| The smallest unit of election administration; a voting district |
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| Voting for candidates of different parties for different offices at the same election |
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