| A | B |
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| A group that seeks to elect candidates to public office by supplying them with a label | political party |
| A name applied by some of the Founders to political parties, to connote their tendency toward divisiveness | factions |
| The political party founded and led by Thomas Jefferson | Democratic-Republicans |
| The political party founded and led by Alexander Hamilton | Federalists |
| The arrangement of political parties initiated by Andrew Jackson | second-party system |
| A name for party professionals, as opposed to volunteers | stalwarts |
| A name for party volunteers who later come to form their own reform movement | Mugwumps |
| An election in which candidates for office are not identified by party labels | nonpartisan election |
| A machine that began as a caucus of well-to- do notables in New York City | Tammany Hall |
| A party that stresses national organization to raise money and give assistance to local candidates and party units | organizational party |
| An election in which citizens directly approve or disapprove legislation proposed by the government | referendum |
| Political party that held the first convention in American history | Anti-Masonic party |
| Features a sharp, lasting shift in the popular coalition supporting one or both parties | critical (or realigning) period |
| An election in which citizens can place on the legislative agenda proposals by non-government groups | initiative |
| Elected officials who serve as delegates to the national convention | superdelegates |
| An electoral system that gives the only office to the candidate with the largest vote total, rather than apportioning numerous offices by the percentage of the total vote | winner-take-all |
| A party unit that recruits members with tangible rewards and that is tightly controlled by the leadership | machine |
| A closed meeting of party leaders to select party candidates | caucus |
| Parties that value principle above all else | ideological parties |
| Parties organized around sociability, rather than tangible rewards or ideology | solidary groups |
| Party units established or maintained by outside groups | sponsored parties |
| The practice of voting for one major party’s candidate in state or local elections and the other’s at the national level | split ticket voting |
| Only third party to ever win a presidential election | Republican |
| An electoral system that distributes numerous seats to parties on the basis of their percentage of the popular vote | proportional representation |
| Parties formed by a split within one of the major parties | factional parties |
| Addressed the issue of federal civil service employees taking an active part in political management or campaigns | Hatch Act |
| A ballot listing all candidates of a given party together under the name of that party | party column ballot |
| A committee in each party to help elect or reelect members | congressional campaign committee |
| The person elected and paid to manage the day-to-day work of a national political party | national (party) chair |
| Delegates from each state who manage party affairs between conventions | national committee |
| A meeting of elected party delegates every four years to nominate presidential and vice-presidential candidates and ratify a campaign platform | national convention |
| An electoral system with two dominant parties that compete in state and national elections | two-party system |
| A ballot listing all candidates for a given office under the name of that office | office bloc ballot |
| An electoral system in which the winner is the person who gets the most votes but not necessarily a majority of votes | plurality system |
| A party organization that recruits members by dispensing patronage | political machine |
| The social rewards that lead people to join political organizations | solidary incentives |
| The political support provided to a candidate on the basis of personal popularity and networks | personal following |
