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10th Grade
11/01/2006

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party column ballot
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ballot in which all candidates are listed under their party designations, making it easy for voters to cast votes for all the candidates of one party
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office block ballot
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ballot in which all candidates are listed under the office for which they are runnin
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nonpartisan
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a local or judicial election in which party affiliation is not listed on ballots
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patronage
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the dispensing of governmnet jobs to person who belong to the winning political party
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soft money
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money contributed for party-building purposed that does not have to be disclosed under federal law
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honeymoon
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a period at the beginning of a new president's term in which the president enjoys generally positive relations with the press and Congress, usually lasting about six months
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caucus
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a meeting of local party members to choose party officials and/or candidates for public office and to decide the platform
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party convention
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a meeting of part delegates to pass on matters of policy and in some cases to select party candidates for public office
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direct primary
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election open to all members of the party in which voters choose the persons who will be the party's nominees in the general election
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open primary
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a primary in which any voter, regardless of party, may vote
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crossover voting
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a memeber of one party voting for a candidate of another party
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closed primary
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a primary in which only persons registered in the party holding the primary may vote
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proportional representation
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an election system in which each party running receives the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote
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winner-take-all
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an election system in which the candidate with the most votes wins
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minor party
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a small political party that rises and falls with a charismatic candidate or, if composed of idologies on the right or left, usually persists over time; also called a third party
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realigning election
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an election during periods of historic change in the economy and society that proves to be a turning point, redefining the agenda of politics and the alignment of voters within parties
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laizzes-faire
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doctrine opposing governmental interferance in economic affairs beyond what is necessary to protect life and property
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Keynesian economics
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economic principles based on the prinicples advocated by John Maynard Keynes; increasing government spending during business slumps and curbing spending during booms
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divided government
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governance divided between the parties, expecailly when on controls the White House and the other controls Congress
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political party
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an organization that seeks political power by electing people to office so that its positions and philosophy become public policy
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national party convention
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the national meeting of delegates elected in primaries, caususes, 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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party registration
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the act of declaring party affiliation; required by some states when one registers to vote
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party identification
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an informal and subjective affiliations with a political party that most people acquire in childhood
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dealignment
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change in the compostition of the electorate or its partisan preferances that points to a rejection of both major parties and a rise in the number of independants
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