| A | B |
|---|
| Minor Party | Political Party without wide voter support in this contry |
| Two-party System | Republicans and Democrats dominate American politics |
| Party in power | party that controls the executive branch |
| Political Party | group of persons who seek to control government through winning of elections and holding public office |
| Partisanship | strong support of their party |
| Single-member districts | contests in which only one candidate is elected to each office on the ballot |
| Bipartisan | two major parties find common ground and work together |
| Consensus | general agreement among various groups on fundamental matters |
| Pluralistic society | consisting of several distinct cultures and groups |
| Plurality | largest number of votes cast |
| Coalition | temporary alliance of several groups who come together to form a working majority and to control a government |
| Multiparty | several major and many lesser parties exist, seriously compete for, and actually win, public offices |
| One-party System | "no-party" system |
