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14 Cards in this Set
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bias |
opinion or attitude that favors one way of thinking or feeling over another |
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candidate |
person running for political office |
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Communist party |
a party that believes the government should control all production and distribution of goods. |
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Democratic party |
a party that believes that the federal government should take a more active role in people's lives, particularly those who are in need |
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government |
a system of organization for exercising authority over a body of people |
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Libertarian Party |
a party that believes in individual freedoms and the only purpose of government is to protect this freedom |
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party platform |
a document stating the aims and goals of the political party |
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Republican party |
a party that believes the federal government should play a small role in people's lives; they favor lower taxes and less government spending |
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Socialist Party |
A political party that believes people should own and control industry through democratically controlled public agencies, or other collective groups. |
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political party |
an organization that seeks to gain power by electing members to public office so that their ideas can be reflected in public policy |
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political system |
the members of a social organization who are inpower |
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society
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a body of individuals living as members of acommunity |
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third-party |
a political party that is not one of the twomajor parties in the country; a minor party |
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two-party system |
a political system consisting primarily of twomajor parties, more or less equal in strength. |
