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chap 09
political partys
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ia an organization of individuals with common views on how the government needs to be run | political party |
| 2 major partys | two-party system |
| smaller minor party | third party |
| series of statements of expressing the party principles,beliefs and positions on election issues | platform |
| the individual part of the platform | plank |
| representatives that raise founds for presidrntial elections and organizes the partys national convention | national committee |
| meetings of state &local party organization | caucus |
| geographic area that contians a specific # of voters | precint |
| geographically connected precincts make up a lager elction unit | ward |
| powerful party that wins elections year after year | political machine |
| voters choose candidates in their prefence party | direct primary |
| only declared members of a party are allowed to vote for pary's nominees | closed primary |
| voters do not need to declare their party preference in order to vote for the partys nominees | open primary |
| most votes obtained wins election largest # | plurality |
| a ___ is more than 50% of the votes | majority |
| sighed papers DECLARING support for a canidate ( for 3rd partys trying to get their nomminee on the ballot | petition |
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