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| Political Party | An organization of individuals with similar political views that work together to get goals accomplished |
| Two- Party System | A political system in which there are 2 parties that dominate the electoral process |
| Third Parties | Smaller, minority parties |
| Single Issue Parties | Political party that forms to promote a social, economic, or moral issue |
| Ideological Parties | Political parties that support a specific philosophy or ideology |
| Independent Candidates | Political Parties that form around strong personalities |
| Multi-Party System | This is when multiple parties compete to lead the nation and many parties must work together |
| One- Party System | When the Political Party and the government are basically the same thing |
| Platform | A series of statements expressed showing the parties views |
| Plank | an individual issue that is of importance to the Political Parties |
| National Committee | Political party representatives from every state |
| Caucus | Political meetings used to choose representation |
| Precinct | a Geographic Area that contains a specific number of voters |
| Ward | a series of connected precincts |
| County Committee | Political group that is responsible for communicating the local ideas and needs to the State Committees |
| Political Machine | Political group that provides people with needed services in return for votes |
| Direct Primary | Direct election where candidates are chosen by voters |
| Open Primary | Primary where voters do NOT need to declare their party affiliation |
| Closed Primary | Primary where voters NEED to declare their party affiliation |
| Plurality | The idea of obtaining the largest number of votes, even if not a majority |
| Majority | Having more than 50% of the votes |
| Petition | papers that are signed by voters who declare they support the candidate. Used to get the candidate on the ballot |
