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| meet to select a candidate or promote a policy | ||
| a party committee in congress that provides funds to members and would-be members | ||
| major lasting shift occurs in the popular coalition supporting one or both parties | ||
| An early political party headed by Thomas Jefferson; stood for less centralized government | ||
| Parties that are created by a split in a major party | ||
| small groups who compete to gain power | ||
| Supporters of the Constitution that were led by Alexander Hamilton and John Adams. They firmly believed the national government should be strong. They didn't want the Bill of Rights because they felt citizens' rights were already well protected by the Constitution. | ||
| Parties based on a particular set of beliefs, a comprehensive view of social, economic, and political matters | ||
| the right of citizens to place a measure or issue before the voters oe the legislative for approval, a process that allows citizens to propose legislation and submit it to the state electorate for popular vote | ||
| Corrupt organized groups that controlled political parties in the cities. A boss leads the machine and attempts to grab more votes for his party. | ||
| A group of renegade Republicans who supported 1884 Democratic presidential nominee Grover Cleveland instead of their party's nominee, James G. Blaine., Republicans who did not play the patronage game were ridiculed for "sitting on the fence." | ||
| the head of a policital party organization, appointed by the national committee of that party, usually at the direction of that parties presentdial nominee | ||
| delegates who run party affairs between national conventions | ||
| The meeting of party delegates every four years to choose a presidential ticket and write the party's platform. | ||
| A local or judicial election in which candidates are not selected or endorsed by political parties and party affiliation is not listed on ballots. | ||
| a ballot listing all candidates of a given office under the name of that office, massachusetts ballot | ||
| the workers and activists who make up the party's formal organization structure | ||
| Type of ballot that encourages party-line voting by listing all of a party's candidates in a column under the party name. | ||
| the political support provided to a candidate on the basis of personal popularity and networks | ||
| an electoral system in which the winner is the person who gets the most votes, even if he or she does not receive a majority; used in almost all American elections | ||
| an organization to gain political power | ||
| representation of all parties in proportion to their popular vote | ||
| a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate | ||
| Jacksonian Democrats vs. Whigs | ||
| Parties organized around sociability, rather than tangible rewards or ideology. | ||
| the social rewards (sense of pleasure, status, or companionship) that lead people to join political organizations | ||
| voting for candidates of different parties for different offices at the same election | ||
| a local or state political party that is largely supported by another organization in the community | ||
| "Traditional" faction of Republican party lead by Conkling who supported patronage and a third term for Grant | ||
| National party leaders who automatically get a delegate slot at the Democratic national party convention. | ||
| political party system with two major political parties | ||
| System in which the candidate with the majority of the popular vote in a state gets all the electoral votes |
