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| A team of people trying to control the governing body by getting into office |
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| The battle between Democrats and Republicans for the control of public office |
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| Translate inputs from the public into outputs from the policymakers. |
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| Registration is not legally binding and can be changed |
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| Assumes that voters and politicians act in their own best interest |
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| Self-proclaimed preference for one party or the other |
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| Voting with one party for one office and the other party for another office |
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| Party organization, relies on rewarding its members in a material way |
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| Key inducement used by political machines |
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| Only people who have registered in advance with the party can vote for that party's candidates |
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| Voters are presented with a list of all parties' nominee candidates |
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| Voters decide on election day whether they want to participate in the Democratic or Republican contests |
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| Party delegates meet to write platform and presidential ticket |
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| Keeps the party operating between conventions |
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| Responsible for the day-to-day activities of the national party |
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| A group of people with a common interest that a political party depends on |
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| Historical periods where a majority of voters cling to to the party in power |
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| New issues appear and divide electorate, each party forms new coalition |
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| The displacement of the majority party by the minority party |
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| America's first political party, capitalist |
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| Democratic-Republicans/Jeffersonians |
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| Crushed the Federalists, agrarian interests, torn apart by factionalism |
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| Opposed Democratic-Republicans, opposed democratic policies |
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| 1860 party, "free silver", controlled the south |
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| 1860, antislavery party, gold standard, industrialization, the banks, high tariffs |
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| Urban people, Labor Unions, Catholics and Jews, the poor, southerners, African Americans |
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| One party controls the White House and the other controls one or both houses of Congress |
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| People are gradually moving away from both parties |
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| Electoral Contenders other than the 2 major parties |
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| Whoever gets the most votes wins the elction |
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| Proportional Representation |
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| Awards legislative seats to parties in proportion to the number of votes won in an election |
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