Political Parties

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  1. 1. parties rooted in poor economic times, lacking clear strategy, dissatisfied with current condition.
  2. 3. a meeting at which local members of a political party register their preference among candidates running for office or select delegates to attend a convention.
  3. 7. a political committee organized for the purpose of raising and spending money to elect and defeat candidates.
  4. 10. A political party system in which two major political parties consistently dominate the political landscape
  5. 11. all the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election.
  6. 14. a political party that campaigns on only one issue
  7. 17. a process of voting, in writing and typically in secret.
  8. 22. a small organization, typically a political party, that has broken away from a larger one.
  9. 24. a building where voting takes place during an election, typically one that normally has another function, such as a school.
  10. 25. a second primary election held in some states to decide which of the two highest candidates for an office in the first primary will be awarded the party nomination
  11. 26. an optional division of a city or town for administrative and representative purposes, especially for purposes of an election.
  12. 27. parties a group of people who are committed to a different cause other than the mainstream political parties
  13. 28. a regular election of candidates for office, as opposed to a primary election.
  14. 29. means if you chose Democratic or Republican as your party on your Voter Registration Application, you may vote only for candidates from your own party and you may also vote in nonpartisan contests.
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  1. 2. of or involving several political parties.
  2. 4. an electoral district represented by a single officeholder
  3. 5. the tendency for a popular political party leader to attract votes for other candidates of the same party in an election.
  4. 6. a person or thing nominated.
  5. 8. functions as a preliminary election whereby voters decide their party's candidates
  6. 9. individuals who organize to win elections, operate government and influence public policy
  7. 12. a district of a city or town as defined for police purposes.
  8. 13. voters choose one candidate per office regardless of the candidate's party affiliation.
  9. 15. the number of votes cast for a candidate who receives more than any other but does not receive an absolute majority.
  10. 16. a political party that holds substantial influence in a country's politics, standing in contrast to a minor party.
  11. 18. a primary election in which voters are not required to declare party affiliation.
  12. 19. Minor parties in the U.S. include the Libertarian Party, the Green Party, Constitution Party, and others that have less influence than the major parties. Since the American Civil War (1861–1865), the major parties have been the Republican Party and the Democratic Party.
  13. 20. a ballot cast by a voter who votes for candidates of more than one party.
  14. 21. an alliance for combined action, especially a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or of states.
  15. 23. a general agreement
  16. 24. a diverse one, where the people in it believe all kinds of different things and tolerate each other's beliefs even when they don't match their own