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| political party | is an association of voters with broad common interests who want to influence decision making in government by electing the party’s candidates. |
| national convention | where delegates choose the party's candidates for president and vice president |
| caucus | meeting of political party members to conduct party business |
| precinct | geographic area that has a specific number of voters |
| closed, open | two main forms of the direct primary |
| oppositon party | party not in power |
| party membership | Congress and state legislatures are organized based on this |
| state, national, local | three levels of government on which political parties are organized |
| grassroots movement | political movement that begins with the people |
| elect candidates to office | main purpose of political parties |
| open | type of primary when any registered voter can vote |
| national committee | where representatives from the 50 state party organizations meet to run a political party |
| plurality | what candidates need ot get in order to win the primary |
| Thomas Jefferson | first leader of the Democratic-Republican Party |
| Alexander Hamilton | first leader of the Federalist Party |
| Democratic | longest active party in American politics |
| George Washington | only president who didn't belong to a political party |
| strong | type of national government the Federalist Party favored |
| Democratic-Republicans | party that favored state over national governments. |
| Democratic and the National Republican Party | The Democratic-Republican Party split into what two parties in 1928. |
| slavery | today's Republican Party formed over what issue |
| third party | political party that challenges the two major parties |
| single issue | third parties that form to promote a particular cause |
| ideology | third parties who last the longest are those formed around a shared _______________ |
| Northeast and West Coast | two geographic areas in which todays Democratic Party are most popular |
| economic growth | both parties believe that this will give unemployed people a better chance to find jobs on their own |
| two-party system | type of party system does the United States have |
| Federalist and Democratic-Republican | first two political parties to emerge in the U.S. |
| Federalist | party that favored a strong central government |
| state governments were closer to the people and more likely to protect their rights | reason the Democratic-Republican Party favored state over national government |
| Democratic | party that was most popular following the Great Depression |
| platform | series of statements expressing a party's principles, beliefs, and position on election issues |
| direct primary | an election in which voters choose candidates to represent each political party in a general election |
| closed | type of primary where only declared members of a political party vote |
| more than 50% | number of votes a candidate must receive to win by a majority |
