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an organization of indiviuals with broad, common interests who organize to win elections, to operate the government, and to thereby influence government policy | political party |
two major political parties | two-party system |
smaller minor parties | third parties |
series of statements expressing the partys principles, beliefs, and positions on election issues | platform |
each individual part of the platform is called | plank |
made of representatives from every state | national committee |
meetings | caucuses |
geographic area that contains a specific number of voters | precinct |
several geographically connected precincts make up a lager election unit | ward |
strong party organization | political machine |
election in which voters choose candidates to represent each party in a general election | direct primary |
which only the declared members of the party are allowed to vote for that partys nominees | closed primary |
voters do not need to declare their party preference in order to vote for the partys nominees | open primary |
the largest number of votes | plurality |
more than 50% | majority |
candidates who are not affliliated with either of the two major parties can get on the ballot for the general election in most states | petition |