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22 Cards in this Set
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Australian Ballot
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government printed ballot that allows people to vote in secret
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Blanket Primaries
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vote for any party but only one for each office
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Direct Primary
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voters choose nominees
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Closed Primaries
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voters must register party affiliations
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Open Primaries
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voters choose which primary they will vote in (no party distinction)
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Caucus/Convention System
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A nomination method in which registered party members attend a party caucus to choose a nominee.
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Centrists Parties
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parties close to the political center
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Median-Voter Hypothesis
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politicians interested only in winning take the center of the political spectrum
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single-member, plurality electoral system
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a system in which each district elects a single member as its representative; the the winner in each district is the candidate who receives a plurality of the vote
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Proportional Representation System
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a system in which legislators are elected at large and each party wins legislative seats in proportion to the number of votes it receives
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Duverger's Law
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single member plurality electoral system leads to a two-party system
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Party Platforms
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official statements of beliefs, values and policy positions that national party conventions issue
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New Deal Coalition
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The Democratic Party coalition that formed in 1932. It got its name from FDR's New Deal policies
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Critical Elections
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elections that disrupt party coalitions and create new ones in party realignment
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Party realignments
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long-term shifts in the electoral balance between the major parties
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party dealignment
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a trend in which voter loyalties to the two major parties weaken
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party machine
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a party organization built on the use of selective material incentives for participation
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Selective Benefits
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any benefit given to a member of a group but denied to the nonmembers
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Material Benefits
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goods and services with real, monetary value
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Patronage Jobs
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jobs given as a reward for loyal party service
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Merit Civil Service System
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a system of hiring government employees on the basis of merit, or the competence of the individual to do the job, rather than the individual's political loyalties.
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Candidate-Centered campaigns
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Campaigns in which candidates set campaign organizations, raise money, and campaign independently of other candidates in their party
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