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| An organized group that attempts to influence the government by electing its members to important government offices. |
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| The process through which political parties select their candidate for election to public office. |
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| A primary election in which voters can participate in the nomination of candidates, but only of the party in which they are enrolled for a period of time prior to primary day. |
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| A primary election in which the voter can wait until the day of the primary to choose which party to enroll in to select candidates for the general election. |
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| The party that holds the majority of legislative seats in either the House or the Senate. |
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| The point in history when a new party supplants the ruling party, becoming in turn the dominant political force. In the United States, this has tended to occur roughly every thirty years. |
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| The condition in American government in which one party controls the presidency while the opposing party controls one or both houses of Congress. |
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| A party that organizes to compete against the two major American political parties. |
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| An electorate that is allowed to elect only one representative from each district; the normal method of representation in the United States. |
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| An electorate that selects all candidates at large from the whole district; each voter is given the number of votes equivalent to the number of seats to be filled. |
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| A normally closed meeting of a political or legislative group to select candidates, plan strategy, or make decisions regarding legislative matters. |
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