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| the office holders who organize themselves and pursue policy objectives under a party label |
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| The workers and activists who make up the party's formal organization structure |
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| The parties who consider themselves allied or associated with the party |
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| Group headed by John Adams, believed in a strong central government |
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| Headed by Thomas Jefferson; inherent the mantle of the anti-federalist and preferred a system in which the states retained most of the power |
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| A party organization that recruits voter loyalty with tangible incentives and is characterized by a high degree of control over member activity |
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| The selection of party candidates through the ballots of qualified voters rather than at party nominating conventions |
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| Removed the staffing of the bureaucracy from political parties and created a professional bureaucracy filled through competition |
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| Politics that focus on specific issues, rather than party, candidate, or loyalties |
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| To vote for candidates of different parties for various offices in the same election |
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| Candidate-Centered Politics |
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| Politics that focus directly on the candidate, their particular issues, and character, rather than party affiliation |
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| A shifting of party coalition groupings in the electorate that remains in place for several elections |
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| Signals a party re-alignment through voter polarization around new issues |
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| The gradual rearrangement of party coalition, based more on demographic shifts than on shocks to the political system |
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| a group made up of interests or organizations that join forces for the purpose of electing public officials |
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A statement of the general and specific philosophy and policy goals of a political part, usually
promulgated at the national convention |
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| Proportional representation |
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A voting system that apportions legislative seats according to the percentage of the vote won
by a particular political party |
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An electoral system in which the party that receives at least one more vote than any other party
wins the election |
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| A party meeting held in the presidential election year for the purposes of nominating a presidential and vice-presidential ticket and adopting a platform |
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| The state governing body supervising the collection of local party organizations |
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| Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (2004) |
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National party committees were able to transfer far less money to state parties
to be used for shared activities |
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Institutional collection of policy-oriented researchers and academics who are sources of policy ideas.
Republicans have dominated the world of think tanks |
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The virtually unregulated money funneled through political parties for party-building purposes, such as get
out the vote efforts or issue ads. Banned after 2002 |
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Funds that can be used for direct electioneering but are limited and regulated by the Federal Elections
Commission |
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A citizen’s personal affinity for a political party, usually expressed by a tendency to vote for the
candidates of that party |
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| A general decline in party identification and loyalty in the electorate |
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| Organized to settle disputes on how strong the new federal government will be |
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| Party Formulation and Promotion |
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| visible instrument that parties use to formulate, convey, and promote public policy |
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| command indicated by an elected official 2 carry out their platforms |
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| election allowing citizens to propose legislation and send it to the state for popular vote. |
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| tendency of states choosing an earlier date for the primaries. Can be an advantage to the front runners |
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