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goverment 13
chapter 8 parties
Question | Answer |
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political party | An organization that seeks to achieve power by electing its members to public office |
interest grup | any organized group whose members share a common goal and try to promote their interests by influencing government policymaking and decision making. |
platform | a political party's statement of principles and objectives or legislative proposals in a platform are know as planks. |
two-party system | a political system in which two parties dominate the electoral process and control the government. |
political party | An organization that seeks to achieve power by electing its members to public office |
interest grup | any organized group whose members share a common goal and try to promote their interests by influencing government policymaking and decision making. |
lobbying | An organized effot to influence the policy process by persuading officials to favor or oppose action on a specific |
public policy | a plan or course of action initiated by gover |
platform | a political party's statement of principles and objectives or legislative proposals in a platform are know as planks. |
two-party system | a political system in which two parties dominate the electoral process and control the government. |
pluralism | the idea that political power should be distributed and shared among various groups in a society. |
political actical action committee (PAC) | an organization that raises and distributes funds to candidates running for office. Corporations, labor unions, and interest groups from PACs to channel donations from their employees or members into political campaigns. |
lobbying | An organized effot to influence the policy process by persuading officials to favor or oppose action on a specific |
public policy | a plan or course of action initiated by government to achieve a stated goal. |