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26 Cards in this Set
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nomination preliminaries |
i dont know yet |
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office requirements |
i dont know yet |
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staffing (favors incumbents) |
i dont know yet |
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three types of staff a candidate has |
i dont know yet |
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methods of nominations |
1.direct primary 2.convention 3.independent announcement 4.caucus 5.petition |
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three types of primaries |
1.closed 2.open 3.blanket |
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political party |
groups who gain power by winning elections |
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party system of the US |
two party system |
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what are the two parties of the US? (major parties) |
1.democrat 2.republican other parties are called third parties or minor parties |
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four functions of the parties |
1.nominate candidates 2.govern 3.watch dogs 4.moderating influence |
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why do we have a two party system? |
tradition, competition between the two parties(not always equal), win or take all system (one elected per district) |
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state laws |
written by the major parties |
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what are the requirements to be a member of a party? |
there are none |
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characteristics of two political party systems |
diverse support, broad appeal, similar but not the same, different ideologies. |
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party platform |
formal statement on a parties position on current issues.
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How often is a party platform written? |
every 4 years |
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not testing on history of parties |
YAYYYYYYY |
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different types of third parties |
1.splinter parties 2.depression parties 3.ideological parties 4.issue parties |
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whats the difference between ideological and issue parties? |
*issue parties address like 1 or 2 issues. *ideological parties is more like the tea party or the socialist party. a different vision for how the government should be |
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splinter party |
i dont know yet |
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party organization |
i dont know yet |
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smallest level of voting (he said something like this i dont know exactly what but along those lines haha) |
precinct |
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party decline |
i dont know yet |
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changes in laws |
i dont know yet |
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independent voters |
i dont know yet |
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media impact |
i dont know yet |
