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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Political Party | an organization of people which seeks to achieve goals common to its members through the acquisition and exercise of political power |
| Major Party | political party that holds substantial influence |
| Partisan | strong support of a party |
| Bipartisan | involving the agreement of two political parties that usually oppose each others politics |
| Minor Party | it plays a smaller roll in major parties |
| Consensus | agreement |
| Two-Party System | two major political parties dominate politics within a government |
| Incumbent | necessary for someone as a duty or responsibility |
| Ideological Parties | only two contestants who have a serious chance of winning |
| Single Issue Parties | a political party that campaigns on only one issue |
| Economic Protest Parties | a political party dominated by feelings of economic discontent |
| Splinter Parties | a small organization, typically a political party, that has broken away from a larger one |
| Split Ticket Voting | voting for some democrat and some republican |
| Suffrage | The right to volte in political elections |
| Electorate | all the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election |
| Registration | the action or process of registering or of being registered |
| Political Socialization | study of the developmental processes by which people of all ages (12 to 30) and adolescents acquire political cognition, attitudes, and behaviors |
| Non-voting voter | a Person that does not vote |
| Straight Ticket Voting | Voting for one political party |
| Party Identification | the political party with which an individual identifies |
| Independent | free from outside control |
| Political efficacy | citizens' faith and trust in government and their belief that they can understand and influence political affairs |
| ballots | a process of voting, in writing and typically in secret |
| gender gap | the discrepancy in opportunities, status, attitudes, etc., between men and women. |
| Ballot fatigue | start voting but do not finish the ballot |