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| political party | a group of individuals with broad common interests who organized to nominate candidates for office, win elections, conduct government and determine public policy |
| theocracy | government dominated by religion |
| ideologies | set of beliefs about life,culture,government and society |
| coalition government | one form by several parties who combine forces to obtain a majority |
| third party | any political party other than one of the 2 major partis |
| single memeber district | electoral district in which only one candidate is elected to each office |
| proportional representation | a system in which several officials are elected to represent the same area in proportion to the votes each party's candidates receives |
| independent | a voter who does not support any particular party |
| precinct | a voting district |
| precinct captain | a volunteer who organizes party workers to distribute information about the oarty and its candidates and to get the voters to the polls |
| ward | several adjoining precints comprise a larger district |
| national convention | a gathering of locat and state party memebers chosen to nominate presidential and vice presidential candidates |
| patronage | the practice of granting favors to reward party loyalty |
| Sate Central COmmittee | committe usually compaosed largely of representative from the partys county organization |
| caucus | a private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office |
| nominating convention | an official public meeting of a party to choose candidiates for office |
| boss | powerful party leader |
| direct primary | an election in which party members select people to run in the general election |
| closed primary | an election in which only memebers of a political party can vote |
| open primary | an election in which all votes may participate |
| plurality | largest number of votes in an election |
| runoff primary | a second primary election between the 2 candidates who received the most votes in the first primary |
| ticket | the candidates for the president and vice president |
| platform | a statement of a political partys principles, beliefs and positions on vital issues |
| planks | a section of a political platform |
