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| team of men and women wanting to control government by gaining office through elections |
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| institutions like parties, elections, interest groups, and the media that translate inputs from the public into outputs from policymakers |
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| what voters know (or think they know) about the stance of parties |
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| self-proclaimed preference for one or the other party |
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| voting with one party for one office and another for other offices |
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| a ballot on which a voter selects candidates from only one political party |
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| particular kind of party organization that depends on both specific and material inducements for rewarding loyal party members |
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| one of the key inducements used by machines whereby jobs are given for political reasons rather than for merit and competence alone |
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| set of individuals and groups supporting a political party |
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| coalition of representatives from the states and territories charged with maintaining the party between elections |
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| occasions where there has been a dominant majority party for long periods of time |
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| an election where each party's coalition of support begins to break up and a new coalition of forces is formed for each party |
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| process whereby the major political parties form new support coalitions that endure for a long period |
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| when voters move away from both parties |
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| minor parties which either promote narrow ideological issues or are splinter groups from the major parties |
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| an electoral system where whoever gets the most votes wins the election |
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| Proportional representation |
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| an electoral system where legislative seats are allocated on the basis of each party's percentage of the national vote |
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| a local meeting in which party members select a party's nominee for the general election |
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| situation in which the House, Senate, and presidency are not controlled by the same party |
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| situation in which one party holds a majority of seats in the House and Senate and the president is a member of that same party |
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| tax-exempt groups formed primarily to influence elections through voter mobilization efforts and issue ads that do not directly endorse or oppose a candidate; they are not subject to contribution limits and spending caps |
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| the new coalition of forces in the Democratic Party that was forged as a result of national economic crisis associated with the Great Depression |
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| under unified government, the party that controls the House, Senate, and the presidency; under divided power, the president's party |
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| group of citizens who identify with a specific political party |
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| set of objectives outlining the party's issue positions and priorities,although a candidate doesn't have to support them |
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| idea that states are entitled to a certain amount of self-government, free from federal government intervention; became a central issue in the lead up to the Civil War |
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