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type of ballot that encourages party-line voting by listing all of a party's candidates in a column under the party name |
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| a vote for all of one party's candidates |
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| ballot on which all candidates are listed under the office for which they are running |
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| a vote for some of one party's candidates and some of another party's |
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| unlimited contributions to political parties for party-building purposes |
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| promoting a particular position on an issue, often funded by interest groups and designed to influence voters' choices on election day |
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| a meeting of the members of a party in a legislative chamber to select party leaders and devep party policy. Called a conference by the Republicans |
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| the redrawing of congressional and other legislative district lines following the census, to accomodate population shifts and keep districts as equal as possible in population |
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| a state in which the two major parties alternate in winning majorities |
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| a state in which one party wins all or nearly all the offices and the other party recieves a small proportion of the popular vote |
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| primary election in which only persons registered in the party holding the primary may vote |
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| voting in another party's primary |
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| primary election in which any voter, regarding less of party, may vote |
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| primary election open to all voters, who may vote for a candidate from any party for each office |
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| the proportion of the voting-age public that votes |
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| a requirement that candidates specify where the money came from to finance their campaign |
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