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| Political Party definition |
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| A political party is an organization of individuals and factions attempting to gain control of the government by winning elections. |
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A viable party has a realistic chance of winning enough elective positions to gain control of part, or all of the government.
they MAKE policy |
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A nonviable party has no realistic chance of gaining control of the government.
they DO NOT make policy |
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| Elements of a viable party |
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| Elements of a viable party |
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Partisan voters
Non-Partisan voters |
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have a very strong commitment to the candidates of a particular party
nearly always support the candidates of the party
base of support in each election |
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| do not have a commitment to the candidates of any party |
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| one party, two party and multi-party |
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