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        | A group of persons who seek to control gov through the winning of elections and the holding of public office |  | 
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        | in american politics, the republican and the democratic parties |  | 
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        | gov action based on firm allegiance to a political party |  | 
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        | in american politics, the party in power is the party that controls the executive branch of gov.- ie the presidency at the national level, or the governorship at the state level |  | 
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        | one of the political parties not widely supported |  | 
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        | a political system dominated by two major parties |  | 
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        | electoral district from which one persons is chosen by the voters for each elected office |  | 
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        | in an election, the # of voters that the leading candidate obtains over the next highest candidate |  | 
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        | a society which consist of several distinct cultures and groups |  | 
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        | general agreement among various groups on fundamental matters broad agreement and public questions |  | 
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        | a system in which several major and and many lesser parties exsist, seriously compete for, and actually win, public offices |  | 
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        | a temp. alliance of several groups who come together to form a working majority and so to control a gov. |  | 
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        | a political system in which only one party exisits |  | 
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        | the current officer holder |  | 
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        | all of the people entitled to vote in a given election |  | 
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        | a narrow minded concern for, or devotion to, the interest of one section of a country |  | 
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        | parites based on particular set of beliefs, a comprehensive view of social, economic, and political matters |  | 
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        | parties that concentrate on only one public policy matter |  | 
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        | parites rooted in poor economic times, lacking a clear ideological base, dissatisfied w/ current conditions and demanding betetr times |  | 
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        | parties that have split away ffom one of the major parties |  | 
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        | a unit into which cities are often divided for the election of city council members |  | 
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        | the smallest unit of election administration; a voting district |  | 
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        | voting for canidadtes of different parites for different offices at the same election |  | 
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