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APUSGovt-Political Parties-EAR
Chapter 7
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Political Studies
12th Grade
11/14/2008

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Political Party
Definition
a organization that seeks political power by electing people to office so that its positions and philosophy become public policy
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Party Column Ballot
Definition
type of ballot that encourages party-line voting by listing all of a party's candidates in a column under the party name
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Office Block Ballot
Definition
ballot on which all candidates are listed under the office for which they are running, making split-ticket voting easier
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Nonpartisan Election
Definition
A local or judicial election in which candidates are not selected or endorsed by political parties and party affliation is not listed on ballots
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Patronage
Definition

the dispensing of govt. jobs to persons who belong to the winning political party

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Soft Money
Definition
money raised in unlimited amounts by political parties for party building purposes. Now largely illegal except for limited contributions to state or local parties for boter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts
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Hard Money
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political contributions give tto a party, candidate, or interest group athat are limited in amount and fully disclosed. Raised such limited funds is harder than raising unlimited funds, hence the term "hard money"

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Independent Expenditure
Definition
the supreme court has ruled that individuals, groups, and parties can spend unlimited amounts in campaigns for or against candidates as long as they operate independently from the candidates. When an individual group, or party does so
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Honeymoon
Definition
period at the beginning of a new president's term during that which the president enjoys generally positive relations iwth the press and Congress, usually lasing about 6 months
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Caucus
Definition
a meeting of local party memebers to choose party officials candidates for public office and to decide the platform
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Party Convention

Definition
a meeting of party delegates to vote on matters of policy and in some cases to select party candidates for public office
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Direct Primary
Definition
election in which voters choose pary nominees
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Open Primary
Definition
primary election in which any voter, regardless of party, may vote
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Crossover Voting
Definition

voting by a member of one party for a candidate of another party

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Closed Primary
Definition
Primary election in which only persons registered in the party holding the primary may vote
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Proportional Representation
Definition
an election system in which each party running recieves the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote
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Winner-Take-All System

 

Definition
an election system in which the candidate with the most votes wins
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Minor Party
Definition
a small political party that rises and falls with a charismatic candidate or, if composed of ideologies on the right or left, usually persists over time
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Libertarian Party
Definition

a minor party that believes in extremely limited govt. Libertarians call for a free market system, expanded individual liberties such as drug legalization, and foreign policy of non-internvention, free trade, and open immigration

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Green Party
Definition
a minor party dedicated to the environment, social justice, nonviolence, and a foreign policy of nonintervention
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Reform Party
Definition
A minor party founded by Ross Perot in 1995. It focuses on national govt. reform, fiscal responsibility, and plitical accountability. It has recently struggled iwth internal strife and critcism that it lacks an identity
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Realiging Election
Definition

an election during periods of expanded suffrage and change in the economy and society that proves to be a turning point, redefinding the agenda of politics and the alignment of voters within parties

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Laissez-Faire Economics
Definition

theory that opposes governmental interference in economic affaris beyond what is necessary to protect life and property

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Keynesian Economics
Definition
theory based on the principals of John Maynard Keynes, stating that govt. spending should increase during business slumps and be curbed during booms
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Divided Govt.
Definition
governance divided between the parties, as when one holds the presidency and the other controls one or both houses of Congress
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National Party Convention

Definition
a national meeting of delegates elected in primaries, caucuses, or state conventions who assemble once every four years to nominate candidates for president and vice president, ratify the party platform, elect officers and adopt rules
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527 Organization
Definition
interest groups organized under Section 527 of the Internal Revenue Service code may advertise for or against candidates. If their source of funding is coporations or unions, they have some restrictions on broadcast advertisting
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Party Registration
Definition
the act of declaring party affilation; required by some states when one registers to vote
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Party Identification
Definition
an informal and subjective affilations with a political party that most people acquire in childhood
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Dealignment
Definition
weaking of partisan preferences that points to a rejection of both major parties and a rise in the number of independents
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