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16 Cards in this Set
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A person running for political office, a persontrying to be a political official
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Candidate
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A group of people with similar beliefs aboutgovernment
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Political Party
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The party’s beliefs, principles and positions on many issues What the party believes in |
Platform
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A practice by which two major political partiescompete for power
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Two Party System
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A political party that is not one of the twomajor parties in the country; a minor party
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Third Party
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A political party that believes that the federalgovernment should take a more active role in people's lives
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Democratic Party
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Holding strongly to traditional attitudes andvalues and cautious about change
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Conservative
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Open to new behavior or opinions, willing todiscard traditional values and make radical changes
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Liberal
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A preference, opinion or attitude that favorsone way of thinking or feeling over another
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Bias
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Information, especially of a biased ormisleading nature, used to persuade someone to oppose or support something
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Propaganda
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A political party that believes that the federalgovernment should play a less active role in people's lives
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Republican Party
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To work in an organized and active way toward aparticular goal, typically a political office
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Campaigning
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The political party with the most electedmembers
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Majority Party
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The political party second in the number ofelected members
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Minority Party
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A political party that believes in democraticgovernment but also that the government should run some of the largest parts ofthe economy
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Socialist Party
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A political party that believes the governmentshould control the entire economy, and there should be no private ownership ofbusiness
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Communist Party
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