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political party
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| an organization to gain political power |
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| only two political parties have a realistic chance of winning an election |
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| An intra-party election enabling voters to participate in the selection of candidates |
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| leave a major party to back a candidate who has “bolted”. |
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| Communist/socialist party or a party that often bases policy on 'racist issues'. Radical ideology party EX: American Communist Party |
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| A party that forms and campaigns against a 'single' issue |
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| A politician who is not affiliated with any political party |
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| vote for candidates from different parties in the same election |
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| a process whereby voters are moved toward nonpartisanship thus weakening the structure of political parties |
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| displacement of the majority party by the minority party, usually during a critical election period |
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| one party controls the White House and another party controls one or both houses of the United States Congress. |
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| an electoral “earthquake” whereby new issues emerge, new coalitions replace old ones, and the majority is often displaced by the minority party. Periods sometimes marked by a national crisis and may require more than one election to bring about a new party era |
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| group of individuals with a common interest upon which every political party depends |
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| Political Action Committees (PACs) |
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| funding vehicles created by the 1974 campaign finance reforms. A corporation, union, or some other interest group can create a PAC and register it with the Federal Election commission, which will meticulously monitor the PAC’s expenditures. |
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| type of political party organization that relies heavily on material inducements, such as patronage, to win votes and to govern ex: Boss Tweed |
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| political party’s statement of its goals and policies for the next four years. The platform is drafted prior to the party convention by a committee whose members are chosen in rough proportion to each candidate’s strength. It’s the best formal statement of what a party believes in |
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| American political term used by political analysts to denote traditionally Democratic voters, especially white working-class Northerners, who defected from their party to support Republican President Ronald Reagan in both the 1980 and 1984 elections |
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| Perot's Party...political party founded in 1995 by H. Ross Perot as an alternative to the Democratic and Republican parties…aims originally included mandating high ethical standards for the president and Congress, balancing the budget, enacting term limits enacting an equitable tax code, and achieving campaign finance and other electoral reforms |
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| Ultra-Conservative Party used to be Religious Right. Only focuses on moral issues |
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| For democrats only: national party leaders who automatically get a delegate slot at the democratic national party convention...peer review funcion; they vote for democratic nomination. They don't have to vote with state |
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| electoral contenders other than the 2 major parties. Aren’t unusual, but rarely win elections |
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| Compare Republican Party (in the US) the older and more liberal of the two major political parties, so named since 1840. Pro choice, diplomacy |
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| One of the two primary political parties of the United States, organized in 1854 to oppose the extension of slavery. Pro life, defense spending |
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| one of the institutions that keeps the party operating between conventions. Composed of representatives from the states and territories |
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| National Nominating Conventions/National Convention |
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| a political convention held every four years in the United States by most of the political parties who will be fielding nominees in the upcoming U.S. presidential election. The formal purpose of such a convention is to select the party's nominee for President, as well as to adopt a statement of party principles and goals known as the platform and adopt the rules for the party's activities, including the presidential nominating process for the next election cycle |
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| ideologically centrist faction within the Democratic Party that emerged after the victory of Republican George H. W. Bush in the 1988 presidential election. They are identified with more centrist social/cultural positions and neoliberal fiscal values. |
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| of the elected and appointed officials who identify with a party |
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| members of a political party who usually vote for candidates from that party |
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