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| 9631723198 | Political Party | a group that seeks to elect candidates to public office |  | 0 |
| 9631723200 | National Convention | A national meeting of delegates elected in primaries, caucuses, or state conventions who assemble once every four years to nominate candidates for president and vice president, ratify the party platform, elect officers, and adopt rules. | 1 | |
| 9631723201 | National Committee | One of the institutions that keep the party operating between conventions. The national committee is composed of representatives from the states and territories. | 2 | |
| 9631723203 | National Chairman | Appointed by the DNC or the RNC as head of the party. | 3 | |
| 9631723208 | Political Machine | well organized political organization that controls election results by awarding jobs and other favors in exchange for votes | 4 | |
| 9631723210 | Patronage | (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support | 5 | |
| 9631723213 | Linkage Institutions | the channels through which people's concerns become political issues on the government's policy agenda. In the United States, linkage institutions include elections, political parties, interest groups, and the media. | 6 | |
| 9631723226 | Party Platform | A political party's statement of its goals and policies for the next four years. The platform is drafted prior to the party convention by a committee whose members are chosen in rough proportion to each candidate's strength. It is the best formal statement of a party's beliefs. | 7 |
