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Chapter 22 Test

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Political Parties Is an organization of citizens who wish to influence and control government by getting their members elected to office.
Nominating When a political party selects and names a candidate to run for public office.
Platform A statement of the party’s official stand on major public issues.
Planks Position statements on each specific issue in a party’s platform.
Canvass Go door-to-door handing out information and asking people which candidates they support.
Precincts Voting Districts.
Patronage The system in which party leaders perform favors for loyal supporters of the party.
Independent Voters People who do not support a particular political party.
Split-Ticket The practice of voting for candidates of more than one party on the same ballot.
Straight-Ticket A ballot cast for all the candidates of one party.
Self-Nomination Declaring that you are running for office.
Write-In Candidate A candidate whose name does not appear on a ballot but who asks voters to write his or her name in as their choice.
Caucuses A meeting of party leaders to discuss issues or to choose candidates.
Direct Primary An election in which members of a political party choose candidates to run for office in the name of the party.
Open Primary An election in which voters do not need to declare a party before voting but may vote in only one party’s primary.
Closed Primary An election in which a voter must be registered as a party member and may vote only in that party’s primary.
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