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U.S. Government
Chp 5 Vocab,
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12th Grade
05/04/2011

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Political Party
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A group of persons who seek to control gov through the winning of elections and the holding of public office
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major parites
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in american politics, the republican and the democratic parties
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partisanship
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gov action based on firm allegiance to a political party
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party in power
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in american politics, the party in power is the party that controls the executive branch of gov.- ie the presidency at the national level, or the governorship at the state level
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minor party
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one of the political parties not widely supported
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two party system
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a political system dominated by two major parties
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single member district
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electoral district from which one persons is chosen by the voters for each elected office
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plurality
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in an election, the # of voters that the leading candidate obtains over the next highest candidate
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bipartisan
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supported by two parites
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pluralistic society
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a society which consist of several distinct cultures and groups
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consensus
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general agreement among various groups on fundamental matters broad agreement and public questions
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multiparty
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a system in which several major and and many lesser parties exsist, seriously compete for, and actually win, public offices
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coalition
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a temp. alliance of several groups who come together to form a working majority and so to control a gov.
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one party system
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a political system in which only one party exisits
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incumbent
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the current officer holder
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faction
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a conflicting group
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electorate
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all of the people entitled to vote in a given election
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sectionalism
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a narrow minded concern for, or devotion to, the interest of one section of a country
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ideological parties
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parites based on particular set of beliefs, a comprehensive view of social, economic, and political matters
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single issue parties
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parties that concentrate on only one public policy matter
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economic protest parties
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parites rooted in poor economic times, lacking a clear ideological base, dissatisfied w/ current conditions and demanding betetr times
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splinter parties
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parties that have split away ffom one of the major parties
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ward
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a unit into which cities are often divided for the election of city council members
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precinct
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the smallest unit of election administration; a voting district
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split ticket voting
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voting for canidadtes of different parites for different offices at the same election
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