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| caucus | where party followers meet, often for many hours, to select party candidates |
| congressional campaign committee | separate committees in Congress for each political party to help members who are running for reelection |
| direct primary | Permits a vote of party members to select the party's nominee in the general election |
| economic-protest parties | parties that protest against depressed econ. conditions |
| fractional parties | parties created by a split in a majority party, usually over the identity and philosophy of the party's presidential candidate |
| first party system | political parties were loose caucuses of political notables in various locations |
| ideological party | political party organization that values principle above all else;spurns money incentives for participation |
| initiative | allows a law to be enacted directly by vote of the people w/o approval of legislative body |
| mugwumps | one of two major factions, largely in the Republican party, who opposed the heavy emphasis on patronage |
| national chair | person responsible for managing the day-to-day work of a national political party |
| national committee | delegates from each state and territory who manage party affairs between national conventions |
| national party convention | ultimate authority in both major political parties |
| Old Guard | one of two major factions, largely in the Republican party, composed of the party regulars and professional politicians |
| one-issue parties | parties seeking a single policy, usually revealed by their names, and avoiding other issues. |
| personal following | type of local party organization in which candidate gets people to work for him for a campaign |
| plurality system | electoral system in which the winner is that person who gets the most votes |
| political machine | political party organization that recruits its members by use of tangible incentives |
| political party | group that seeks to elect candidates to public office by supplying them w/ a label by which they are known to the electorate |
| second party system | 2nd party structure in the nation's history, which emerged when Jackson ran for presidency in 1824 |
| solidary group | political party organization based on gregarious or game-loving instincts |
| solidary incentive | inducement that attracts people out of game-loving instincts |
| special interest caucus | group within a political party united by a concern over a specific cause |
| sponsored party | poltical party organization created or sponsored by another organization |
| superdelegates | elected officials and party leaders present at the national convention of the Democratic party |
| two-party system | electoral system w/ two dominant parties that compete in state or national elections |
| unit rule | requirement that all delegates representing a state at a national party convention vote w/ the majority of their state delegation |
| winner-take-all system | element of the electoral system used in the US which precludes proportional representaion |
