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| groups of persons who join togeter because they want to gain control of the governmnet through winning elections |
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| loyalty to a political party |
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| In the US - the Democrats and the Republicans |
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| party whose candidate has been elected president (current = Democrat) |
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| in the US, any party not a major party or one of many without wide voter support |
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| System used in the US, two major parties dominate politics, have the only real chance of getting a candidate elected to the presidency |
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| contests in wh/ only 1 candidate is elected to each office on the ballot; winner takes all in the election |
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| largest number of votes cast for the office, need not be a majority |
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| society consisting of several distinct cultures and groups |
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| general agreement among various groups |
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| system in which several major and many lesser parties compete for public office (Ex: Italy) |
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| found in dictatorship, aka "no-party" system, also can be an area or region that consistantly has one party in power |
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| a temporary alliance of several groups who come together to form a working majority and so to control a government |
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| devotion to interests of a particular region |
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| Based on a particular belief; ex - Libertarians |
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| Party focused on one public policy (law) matter; ex: Free Soil Party, didn't want slavery in their state |
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| party formed by splitting away from another major party ex: Theodore Rooselvelt's "Bull Moose"Party |
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| based on a particular set of beliefs, ex: Libertarians |
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| Proclaim disgust with current parties and demand change; ex: the Greenback Party |
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| in cities, congressional districts are divided into Wards for representation purposes and voting purposes |
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| the congressional district called a Ward may be futher divided into precincts, this is the smallest unit fo election addministration; voters within a precinct all report to the same polling place to vote |
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| voting for candidates of more than one party on an election ballot |
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