| A | B |
|---|
| POLITICAL PARTY | A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO SEEK TO CONTROL GOVERNMENT BY WINNING ELECTIONS AND HOLDING PUBLIC OFFICE |
| POLITICAL PARTY | THESE ARE THE MAJOR MECHANISMS BEHIND DEVELOPING BROAD POLICY AND LEADERSHIP CHOICES |
| MAJOR PARTIES | THESE ARE THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC PARTIES IN THE UNITED STATES |
| MAJOR PARTIES | THESE PARTIES ARE ELECTION ORIENTED RATHER THAN PRINCIPLE OR ISSUE ORIENTED |
| PARTISANSHIP | THE STRONG SUPPORT OF THEIR POLITICAL PARTY AND ITS POLICIES |
| PARTISANSHIP | IT IS THE METHOD BY WHICH MUCH OF THE BUSINESS OF A LEGISLATURE IS CONDUCTED |
| PARTY IN POWER | THE POLITICAL PARTY THAT CONTROLS THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF ANY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT |
| PARTY IN POWER | THIS PARTY COMES UNDER THE MOST SCRUTINY AND IS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ACTION DURING ANY ADMINISTRATION |
| MINOR PARTY | A POLITICAL PARTY WITHOUT WIDE VOTER SUPPORT |
| MINOR PARTY | THIS POLITICAL PARTY PROVIDES IDEAS AND CANDIDATES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE MAIN STREAM THINKING IN THE UNITED STATES |
| TWO-PARTY SYSTEM | THE SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE ONLY THE DEMOCRATIC OR REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS A REASONABLE CHANCE OF WINNING A MAJOR ELECTION |
| TWO-PARTY SYSTEM | THIS PRACTICE BEGAN WITH THE CREATION OF THE UNITED STATES AND HAS CONTINUED TO DOMINATE U.S. POLITICS SIMPLE BECAUSE IT IS THE TRADITION |
| SINGLE-MEMBERSHIP DISTRICT | POLITICAL CONTESTS WHERE ONLY ONE CANDIDATE IS ELECTED TO EACH OFFICE ON THE BALLOT |
| SINGLE-MEMBERSHIP DISTRICT | THIS PRACTICE DISCOURAGES MINOR PARTIES FROM PLACING CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT BECAUSE VOTERS SEE VOTING FOR A MANOR PARTY CANDIDATE AS A WASTED VOTE |
| PLURALITY | THE LARGEST NUMBER OF VOTES CAST FOR AN OFFICE |
| PLURALITY | THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE OVER HALF OF THE VOTES |
| BIPARTISAN | WHEN THE TWO MAJOR PARTIES FIND COMMON GROUND AND WORK TOGETHER |
| BIPARTISAN | THIS IS A MEANS OF PASSING NEEDED LEGISLATION WHEN THERE IS NO CLEAR CUT PARTY MAJORITY ON THE LEGISLATURE |
| PLURALISTIC SOCIETY | AN ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE CONSISTING OF SEVERAL DISTINCT CULTURES AND GROUPS |
| PLURALISTIC SOCIETY | IT ALLOWS FOR COMPETITION AMONG ETHNIC, RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS FOR POLITICAL POWER IN THIS COUNTRY |
| CONSENSUS | A GENERAL AGREEMENT AMONG VARIOUS GROUPS |
| CONSENSUS | BECAUSE OF THE BROAD AGREEMENT ON FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES THE TWO MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES LOOK VERY MUCH ALIKE |
| MULTIPARTY | A SYSTEM WHERE SEVERAL MAJOR AND MANY LESSER PARTIES EXIST, SERIOUSLY COMPETE FOR, AND ACTUALLY WIN PUBLIC OFFICES |
| MULTIPARTY | BECAUSE THIS IS BASED ON A VARIETY OF SPECIFIC INTEREST, IT WOULD PROVIDE BROADER REPRESENTATION AND BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE |
| COALITION | A TEMPORARY ALLIANCE OF SEVERAL GROUPS FORMED TO OBTAIN A MAJORITY AND CONTROL THE GOVERNMENT |
| COALITION | THIS IS CREATED WHEN IN A MULTIPARTY SYSTEM NO ONE PARTY CAN OBTAIN A CLEAR MAJORITY |
| ONE-PARTY SYSTEM | A POLITICAL SYSTEM THAT HAS ONLY A SINGLE POLITICAL PARTY |
| ONE-PARTY SYSTEM | THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT EXISTS IN MOST DICTATORSHIPS |
