chapter 5

2. political parties without wide voter support throughout the nation.
4. the party that controls the executive branch of government.
5. the two major parties find common ground and work together.
10. is a group of persons who seek to control government through the winning of elections and the holding of public office.
13. the strong support of their party and its policy stands.
14. one consisting of several distinct cultures and groups.
15. a “no party” system. (USS

1. in a typical election, only the Republican or the Democratic Party’s candidates are the only ones with a reasonable chance of winning public office.
3. nearly all of the elections held in this country from the presidential contest on down to those at the local levels are single member district elections. That is, they are contest in which only one candidate is elected to each office on the ballot.
6. the largest number of votes cast for the office.
7. is a temporary alliance of several groups who come together to form a working majority and so to control a government.
8. a system in which several major and many lesser parties exist, seriously compete for, and actually win, public offices.
9. the Democratic and Republican parties.
11. a general agreement among various groups on fundamental matters.
12. conflicting groups