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| A group of persons who seek to control gov through the winning of elections and the holding of public office |
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| in american politics, the republican and the democratic parties |
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| gov action based on firm allegiance to a political party |
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| in american politics, the party in power is the party that controls the executive branch of gov.- ie the presidency at the national level, or the governorship at the state level |
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| one of the political parties not widely supported |
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| a political system dominated by two major parties |
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| electoral district from which one persons is chosen by the voters for each elected office |
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| in an election, the # of voters that the leading candidate obtains over the next highest candidate |
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| a society which consist of several distinct cultures and groups |
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| general agreement among various groups on fundamental matters broad agreement and public questions |
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| a system in which several major and and many lesser parties exsist, seriously compete for, and actually win, public offices |
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| a temp. alliance of several groups who come together to form a working majority and so to control a gov. |
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| a political system in which only one party exisits |
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| the current officer holder |
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| all of the people entitled to vote in a given election |
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| a narrow minded concern for, or devotion to, the interest of one section of a country |
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| parites based on particular set of beliefs, a comprehensive view of social, economic, and political matters |
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| parties that concentrate on only one public policy matter |
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| parites rooted in poor economic times, lacking a clear ideological base, dissatisfied w/ current conditions and demanding betetr times |
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| parties that have split away ffom one of the major parties |
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| a unit into which cities are often divided for the election of city council members |
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| the smallest unit of election administration; a voting district |
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| voting for canidadtes of different parites for different offices at the same election |
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