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| Democratic Party | oldest political party in America and has its roots all the way back to Thomas Jefferson |
| Republican Party | political party started to stop the spread of slavery into the new territories |
| Third Parties | in a 2 party system it is a minor party or not one of the main two |
| One Party system | political system with only 1 legal party |
| Two Party system | political system with 2 major parties |
| Multi Party system | political system with many different parties to choose from |
| Liberal | a person who believes in a very active govt that helps out individuals and are comfortable with change |
| Moderate | a person with views and opinions of both a liberal and conservative |
| Conservative | a person who believes in limited gov't and that individuals should be responsible for their own well being and wants things to stay the same |
| Reactionary | an extreme conservative opposed to liberalism |
| Radical | a person with extreme views |
| Platform | a political party’s beliefs, positions & principals on vital issues |
| Plank | is an individual belief in a platform |
| Candidates | people running for an office in the general election |
| Plurality Vote | when a candidate gets more votes than any other candidate but doesn’t get more than half of the votes |
| Majority Vote | getting 1 more than half |
| Coalitions | gov’ts when 2 or more political parties go together to gain control of the gov’t |
| Patronage | is when a political party rewards party loyalty with favors or jobs |
| Political Machine | a group that controls the activities of a political party |
| Grassroots | f the ordinary folks or anything started by the people |
