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- 3. a regular election of candidates for office, as opposed to a primary election.
- 5. a pluralist society is one in which many different groups and political parties are allowed to exist
- 9. a general agreement, A consensus government is one in which the cabinet is appointed by the legislature without reference to political parties. It is generally found as part of a consensus or non-partisan democracy.
- 11. a subdivision of an electoral district, typically a contiguous area within which all electors go to a single polling place to cast their ballots.
- 14. when a voter in an election votes for candidates from different political parties when multiple offices are being decided by a single election, as opposed to straight-ticket voting, where a voter chooses candidates from the same political party for every office up for election
- 15. voters choose one candidate per office regardless of the candidate's party affiliation
- 17. 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
- 18. a primary in which members of a party nominate its candidates by direct vote
- 21. a condition or system in which two major parties dominate a political unit.
- 22. an organization that raises money privately to influence elections or legislation, especially at the federal level.
- 24. a group of persons organized to acquire and exercise political power
- 25. of or relating to a state, political system, etc, in which more than one political party is permitted
- 26. the tendency for a popular political party leader to attract votes for other candidates of the same party in an election.
- 28. Plurality voting is an electoral system in which a candidate, or candidates, who poll more than any other counterpart (that is, receive a plurality), are elected.
- 29. a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
- 30. parties rooted in poor economic times, lacking clear strategy, dissatisfied with current conditions.
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- 1. an electoral district or constituency having a single representative in a legislative body rather than two or more.
- 2. an alliance for combined action, especially a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or of states.
- 4. political organizations committed to a comprehensive set of beliefs or a social/political ideology.
- 6. a small political party that has broken away from a larger one.
- 7. a meeting of supporters or members of a specific political party or movement.
- 8. a political party that campaigns on only one issue.
- 10. a political party whose electoral strength is so small as to prevent its gaining control of a government except in rare and exceptional circumstances.
- 12. part of the process of selecting a candidate for either election to a public office, or the bestowing of an honor or award
- 13. 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.
- 16. a process of voting, in writing and typically in secret.
- 19. The people who are eligible to vote in an election
- 20. a building where voting takes place during an election, typically one that normally has another function, such as a school.
- 23. a political party having electoral strength sufficient to permit it to win control of a government usually with comparative regularity and when defeated to constitute the principal opposition to the party in power
- 27. a primary election in which voters are not required to declare party affiliation.