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| Elections where voters are given a list of candidates from all of the parties. Voters can then select candidates from any party regardless of which one they identify with. |
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| When a group of 2 or more people agree to work together in a partnership to achieve a common goal. |
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| An election where people may vote only if they are registered members of that party prior to election day. |
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| When control of the Executive and Legislative branch is split between two parties. |
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| Institutions that connect citizens to government. The mass media, interest groups, and political parties are the three main linkage institutions. |
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| Any primary election in which a voter does not have to formally affiliate with a political party to vote. Or the voter can change his/her party affiliation. |
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| When people gradually abandon their political party affiliation without replacing it with another one. |
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| A party organization headed by a single boss/ autocratic group that commands enough votes to maintain political control of a city, county, or state. |
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| When the country goes from being mostly run by one political part to mostly run by another political party. |
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| The support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid given to individuals for their electoral support. |
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| An organized group of people with at least roughly similar aims and opinions whose goal is to get candidates elected to public office. |
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| The idea that individuals use rational calculations to make rational choices and achieve outcomes that are aligned with their own personal objectives. |
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| A term used to refer to political parties other than Democratic and Republican. |
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| When a voter in an election votes for candidates from different political parties. |
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| Allows voters to choose a party's entire slate of candidates with just a single ballot mark. |
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| An electoral system in which each voter is allowed to vote for only one candidate. The candidate who polls the most among their counter parts is elected. |
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| An organization who is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the party at the national level. |
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| Meant to select the party's nominee for popular election as President. |
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| The political party an individual identifies with. |
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