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| Political Party | a group of persons who seek to control govt by winning elections and holding public office. |
| Major Parties | Republican and Democratic |
| Partisanship | strong support of party and policy standards |
| Party in Power | the party that controls the executive branch of govt (president or governor) |
| Minor Party | one of the many political parties without wide voter support |
| Two-Party System | a political system dominated by two political parties. |
| Single-Member District | electoral district from which one person is chosen by the voters for each elected office. |
| Plurality | the largest number of votes cast for the office. |
| Bipartisan | when two major parties find common ground and work together. |
| Pluralistic Society | one consisting of several distinct cultures and groups. The U.S. |
| Consensus | a general agreement among various groups |
| Multiparty | system where several major & many lesser parties exist, compete for, and actually win, public offices. |
| Coalition | a temporary alliance of several groups who come together to form a working majority and so to control a govt. |
| One-Party System | A dictatorship, or only one party in existence, considered "no party" system. |
| Incumbent | the current officeholder |
| Faction | conflicting groups |
| Electorate | the people eligible to vote. |
| Sectionalism | devotion to the interests of a particular region. |
| Ideological Parties | those parties that are based on a particular set of beliefs or a comprehensive vies. (socialists for ex.) |
| Single-Issue Parties | they focus on only one public-policy matter. Names indicate thier concern. |
| Economist Protest Parties | parties rooted in poor economic times, lacking clear ideological base, dissatisfied w/current conditions and demanding better times. |
| Splinter Parties | parties that have split away form one of the major parties. |
| Ward | a unit into which cities are often divided for the election of city council members. |
| Precinct | the smallest unit of election administration; the voters in each precinct report to one polling place. |
| Split-Ticket Voting | voting for candidates of different parties for different offices at the same election. |
