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| group of individuals who organize to win elections, operate the government, and make policy. |
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| an election in which the popular support for and relative strength of the parties shift as the parties are reestablished with different coalitions of supporters. |
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| A preliminary election held for the purpose of choosing a party''s final candidate. |
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| Mutual agreement with others in a particular group. |
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| all the citizens eligible to vote in a given election. |
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| a document drawn up by each party at its national convention that outlines the policies and positions of the party. |
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| a person who identifies himself or herself as being a member of a particular political party. |
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| a loose knit group of party activists who organize and oversee party functions and planning during and between campaigns and elections. |
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| a system of rewarding the party faithful and workers with government jobs or contracts. |
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| solidarityIn the United States, any party other than one of the two major parties (Republican and Democratic). |
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| A unit of a political party''s organization, consisting of a division or district within a city. |
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| is a poitical party that has fewer memebers in the legislature than the opposition party. |
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| is the political party that has more members in the legislature than the opposing party. |
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| is an alliance of individual or groups with a variety of interests and opinions who join together to support all of part of a political party's platform. |
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| In the United States, any party other than one of the two major parties (Republican and Democratic). |
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| A political district within a city (such as a block or a neighborhood) or a portion of a rural county; the smallest voting district at the local level. |
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| The meeting held by each major party every four years to select presidential and vice-presidential candidates, write a party platform, and conduct other party business. |
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| A list of a political party''s candidates for various offices. |
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| The political party leaders who direct party business during the four years between the national party conventions, organize the next national convention, and plan how to obtain a party victory in the next presidential elections. |
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| national party chairperson |
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| An individual who serves as a political party''s administrative head at the national level and directs the work of the party''s national committee. |
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