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| Political Party | An organization of people with common interests who join together to nominate candidates for public office |
| Some functions of political parties | Educate the public and operates the government |
| George Washington | Warned against creating political parties |
| Federalist Party first leader | Alexander Hamilton |
| Democratic-Republicans party first leader | Thomas Jefferson |
| Federalist Party | Believed in a strong central government |
| Democratic-Republican Party | Believed that states should have more power |
| Andrew Jackson | After the democratic-republicans split, this famous president became the leader of the newly formed Democratic Party |
| Ideological Parties | Are those based on a particular set of beliefs |
| Single-Issue Parties | Focus on only one public-policy matter. Their names usually indicates their primary concern |
| Economic Protest Parties | Demand better times for the people. Rooted in periods of economic unhappiness |
| Splinter Parties | Are those who have split from one of the major parties |
| Plurality | When a candidates does not win a majority of the votes, but wins more than the other candidates |
| Majority | When a candidate wins more than half of the votes needed to win an election |
| Electoral College | System used in the United States to elect the president |
| House of Representatives | If no candidate wins a clear majority of the votes, they are in charged of electing the new president |
| Popular Vote | The votes cast by the American people |
| Main reason why the framers elected | Representation, fear, and knowledge |
| 538 | Number of Electoral College votes |
| 270 | Number of Electoral College votes needed to be selected president |
| 3 | Number of Ellectoral College votes for the District of Columbi |
| 435 | Number of House of Representatives Members |
| 100 | Number of Senators |
| Win the majority of the votes for that state | To win all the Ellectoral College votes of a state a candidate needs... |
| Debate | An argument of discussion expressing different opinions |
