Unit 3 Vocab. and Study Questions
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Unit 3: Party Politics & State and Local Government
Vocabulary
• political party: a group of people with broad common interest
• theocracy: a government dominated by a religion
• ideologies: basic beliefs about government
• coalition government: the result of several parties combining forces to gain majority
• third party: any party other than the two main parties
• single-member district: no matter how many members compete in a district only one will win
• proportional representation: several officials are elected to represent voters
• independent: not supporting any particular party
• precinct: a voting district
• precinct captain: organizes efforts of mobilizing party members
• ward: several adjoining precincts