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| What were the 2 first political parties? |
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| Federalists and Anti-Federalists |
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| Name the 3 types of political systems and give a country with each. |
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One party - cuba
two party - United States
Multiparty - United Kingdom |
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| What is the difference between majority and plurality? |
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| Majority is having more than half of the votes. Plurality is having the most votes but not over half. (usually happens with 3 or more parties) |
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| An alliance with another party so that together they get the majority vote |
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| Four main functions of political parties. |
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Inform the public.
Connect the people to gov.
Select Candidates.
Act as a watchdog. |
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| Conservative (right wing) |
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Wanted traditional values and not to much gov. intervention
Republican |
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help the poor and middle class
more gov. intervention
Democratic |
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hold a variety of beliefs
most Americans are moderates |
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| List the organization of political parties in order from smallest to largest |
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| Local, State, Nat'l Convention |
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| organize volunteers to get the people to vote & work to elect local gov’t officials |
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| election district of a city/town |
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| organize campaigns to get candidates elected to national office |
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| an unofficial system that controls the activities of a party/candidate |
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| held every four years (each party holds their own) party members elect delegates to attend – delegation then votes in order to select a candidate – used for presidential elections |
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people don't care
referring to elections |
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How do we nominate candidates?
Caucus,Primaries,Open primary, Closed primary |
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Caucus - a closed meeting of people from one political party, especially a local meeting to select delegates or candidates
Primaries- held to nominate candidates to office
Open primary- anyone can vote
Closed Primary - only registered party members can vote |
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| When are general election held? |
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| General elections are held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in even numbered years. (November) |
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| the person already holding an elected office |
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• Split-ticket- voting for different parties
• Straight ticket- voting for the same party
• Absentee Voting: if you are not able to vote on Election Day – you may vote by absentee ballot and mail it in |
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| officially elects the president 538 electoral votes total (435 people in the HOR + 100 Senators + 3 votes from Washington, D.C.) A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the presidency --- # of votes is determined by the # of people the state has in the HOR + the 2 senators |
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