| A | B |
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| Coalition building | trying to recruit members or different interest groups to join a political party in order to strengthen the party |
| Party platform | official beliefs of the party. adopted at each national convention |
| Realignment | when parts of one party's coalition switch shift to the other party's coalition |
| dealignment | when members of a coalition leave a party and become independent |
| factional party | a party that was formed out of a split with a major party |
| single interest party | political party that only focuses on one main issue (ex. Prohibition party) |
| National Convention | held every four years to nominate the party's candidate for president and to adopt party platform |
| Congressional campaign committee | helps members of party run for congress |
| National committee | manages day to day affairs of the party in between conventions |
| national committee chairman | leads national party strategy, elected by national committee |
| Amicus Curie | documnets submitted by an interest group to a court to help them decide a case |
| Insider strategy | meeting personally with a law maker to discuss legislation. Essentially lobbying |
| Outsider strategy | getting voters to "pressure" lawmakers into supporting a certain cause. |
| split ticket voting | Voting for two different parties in the same election year. (ex. Voting democrat for President and Republican for Congress) indicates a weakness of political parties. |
| Political Machines | using tangible incentives ($,jobs) to attract members to a party |
| grassroots lobbying | strategy best used by an interest group with mass appeal, this is getting voters to pressure lawmakers |
| Single member districts | having only one member represent each district, this results in a two party system |
| Litigation | strategy used by interest groups when a rights issue is at stake, or when they can not win their fight through legislation |
