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What does the ideological Party do rather than win elections? |
Promote ideology. |
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What does the protest party strive to do? |
to bring up attention to popular issues that major parties have failed to address. |
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What are single-issue parties? |
parties that were created to focus on a single cause; similar to protest parties, but much narrower in focus. |
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What are Splinter parties? |
parties that disagree with one aspect of a major party and form to focus on that one aspect. |
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What is an Anti-Party Party? |
A party that formed by people who are fed up with regular politics. They are also widely known as Independents. |
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What is being incumbent? |
Someone already holding office who is running again for re-election. |
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What percent return rate do Incumbents have? |
90% |
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Who invented the tactic known as 'Starve the Beast'? |
Grover Norquist |
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What is 'Starve the Beast'? |
is a political strategy employed by American conservatives in order to limit government spending by cutting taxes in order to deprive the government of revenue in a deliberate effort to force the federal government to reduce spending. |
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What is a National Deficit? |
The total amount of money owed, from all previous years, that a country's government has on its books. |
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What is a National Debt? |
the total amount of money that a country's government has borrowed, by various means that specific year. |
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What is the Electoral College? |
a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president. |
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What is a Think Tank? |
a body of experts providing advice and ideas on specific political or economic problems. |
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Define coalition |
an alliance for combined action, especially a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or of states. |
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How many house representatives are there? |
435 |
