Political Parties

2. Organizations exist at the legislative district, county, city, ward, and precinct levels.
5. Organizations operate in vastly different environments because of the political culture of individual states.
9. Includes authoritarian governments and theocracies.
10. A large group composed mainly of representatives from the 50 state party organizations.
11. Parties that break off from a major party because of a disagreement.
12. Houses several different groups with different ideologies.
13. The party out of power acts as a watchdog over the conduct of the public's business.
14. Any other party than the two major parties.

1. A gathering of party members, local and state party officials.
3. Finance and manage legislative elections.
4. Parties that focus on one social issue.
6. Those in which only two parties have almost exclusive control over the government.
7. They are the ultimate authority in the parties' organizational hierarchy.
8. Focus on the overall change in society rather that a single issue.