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| 353784546 | political parties | organization that tries to influence gov. policy by promoting its ideas and backing candidates for office | |
| 353784547 | political spectrum | a way of visualizing different political positions. | |
| 353784548 | two-party system | political party system with two major political parties | |
| 353784549 | primary elections | Election in which voters choose the candidates from each party who will run in the general election | |
| 353784550 | bolter parties | third party formed to address issues in demand that the two main parties are not addressing strongly enough | |
| 353784551 | doctrinal parties | third parties that represent an ideology considered too radical by mainstream parties | |
| 353784552 | single-issue parties | political parties that concentrate on a single public policy issue | |
| 353784553 | independent candidates | leaders with strong personalities who cannot get support from one of the two major parties | |
| 353784554 | platform | a series of statements expressing the party's principles, beliefs, and positions on election issues | |
| 353784555 | split ticket voting | voting for candidates of different parties for different offices at the same election | |
| 353784556 | party dealignment | the gradual disengagement of people and politicians from the parties, as seen in part by shrinking party identification. | |
| 353784557 | party realignment | the displacement of the majority party by the minority party, usually during a critical election period | |
| 353784558 | divided government | congress is one party; and executive is the other party | |
| 353784559 | coalition | partnership or union of seperate political parties | |
| 353784560 | Political Action Committees | (PACs) Organizations that collect money to distribute to candidates who support the same issues as the contributors. |
