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| A group that seeks to elect candidates to public office by supplying them with a label--a "party identification"--by which they are known to the electorate |
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| (1890s/1910s) Faction in the Republican party composed of reformers who opposed the use of patronage and party bosses and favored the leadership of experts. After 1910- nonpartisan "good government" movement that sought to open up political system/curb abuses of parties |
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| Critical or Realigning Period |
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| Periods during which a sharp, lasting shift occurs in the popular coalition supporting one or both parties. The issues that separate the two parties change and so the kinds of voters supporting each party change |
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Voting for candidates of different parties for various offices in the same election
(ex.- voting for a Republican senator and a Democrat for president) |
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Voting for candidates who are all fo the same party
(ex.- voting for Republican candidates for senator, representative, and president) |
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| A ballot listing all candidates for a given office under the name of that office (AKA Massachusetts ballot) |
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| A ballot listing all candidates of a given party together under the name of that party (AKA Indiana ballot) |
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| A meeting of party delegates elected in state primaries, caucuses, or conventions that is held every four years. Its primary purpose is to nominate presidential/vice-presidential candidates and to ratify a campaign platform |
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| A committee of delegates from each state and territory that runs party affairs between national conventions |
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| Congressional campaign committee |
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| A party committee in Congress that provides funds to members who are running for reelection or to would-be members running for an open seat for challenging a candidate from the opposition party |
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| A paid, full-time manager of a party's day-to-day work who is elected by the national committee |
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| Party leaders and elected officials who become delegates to the national convention without having to run in primaries or caucuses. Party rules determine the percentage of delegate seats reserved for party officials |
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| A party organization that recruits its members by dispensing patronage (tangible incentives such as money/political jobs/opportunity to get favors from the government) and that is characterized by a high degrees of leadership control over member activity |
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| A party that values principled stands on issues above all else, including winning. It claims to have a comprehensive of American society and government radically different from that of the established parties |
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The social rewards that lead people to join local or state political organizations.
(People who find politics fun and want to meet others who share their interests are said to have solidary incentives) |
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A local or state political party that is largely staffed and funded by another organization with established networks in the community.
(ex.- the Democratic party in and around Detroit which has been developed, led, and financed by the political-action arm of the United Auto Workers) |
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| The political support provided to a candidate on the basis of personal popularity and networks |
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| An electoral system with two dominant parties that compete in state or national elections. Third parties have little chance of winning |
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| An electoral system, used in almost all American elections, in which the winner is the person who gets the most votes, even if he or she does not receive a majority of the votes |
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| Meeting of party followers in which part delegates are picked |
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