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33 Cards in this Set
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Political Party |
a group of persons who seek to control government through the winning of elections and the holding of public office |
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Major Party |
Republican and Democratic |
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Partisanship |
the strong support of their party and its policy stands |
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Party in Power |
the party that controls the executive branch of government |
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Describe the major functions of political parties |
link between people and government nominate candidates inform the people and inspire voters acts as a bonding agent to ensure good performance of its candidates govern act as a watchdog |
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Minor Party |
a party without wide voter support |
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Two-party system |
a political system dominated by two political parties |
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single-member districts |
electoral district form which one person is chosen by the voters for each elected office |
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plurality |
the number of votes that the leading candidate obtains over the next highest candidate |
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bipartisan |
two major parties find a common ground |
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pluralistic society |
one consisting of several distinct cultures and groups |
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consensus |
a general agreement among various groups |
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multiparty |
system in which several major and many lesser parties exist |
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coalition |
a temporary alliance of several groups who come together to form a working majority and so to control a government |
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one-party system |
only one party exists |
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why does the U.S have a two-party system? |
the historical basis many americans accept tps bc thats just how it is electoral system tend to promote the existence of two parties over-time Americans share the same ideology |
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How do multiparty and one-party systems affect the functioning of the government? |
multiparty can lead to instability of government one-party systems is often a dictatorship |
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Incumbent |
current officeholder |
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Faction |
conflicting groups |
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electorate |
people eligible to vote |
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sectionalism |
emphasizes a devotion to the interests of a particular region |
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ideological parties |
based on a particular set of beliefs |
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single-issue parties |
focus on only one public-policy matter |
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economic protest parties |
focused their anger on real or imagined enemies |
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splinter parties |
slip away form one of the major parties |
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why are minor parties important? |
spoiler role critic innovator |
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ward |
a unit into which cities are often divided for the election of city council members |
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precinct |
smallest unit of election administration |
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split-ticket voting |
voting for candidates of different parties for different offices at the same election |
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Why are major parties a decentralized structure? |
the party out of power lacks a strong leader the federal system distributes power widely the nominating pits party members against one another |
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Describe the national party machinery |
1. The National convention: meet to pick presidential and VP nominee 2. The national chairperson: leader of nation committee who have 4-year term and picks by presidential candidate 3. The National committee: found in each state/territory 4/5. Two congress: in each house of congress to help reelect incumbents and serve two years |
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three components of parties |
1. Party organization- partys leaders, activists, and its hangers" 2. Party in the Electorate- Parties loyalists who regularly vote 3. Party in Gov- party's officeholders |
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future major parties |
1. drop in number of rep. and dem., increase in independents 2. big increase in split-ticket voting 3. structual changes 4. changes in techno 5. growth of single-issue organizations |
